Background
Baucus was born Jean Sheriff on July 7, 1917, in Helena, Montana, to Frederick B. and Bernice F. Sheriff.
Baucus was born Jean Sheriff on July 7, 1917, in Helena, Montana, to Frederick B. and Bernice F. Sheriff.
Stanford University.
She was also the mother of United States. Senator Max Baucus of Montana and longtime matriarch of the Baucus family. Her work as a historian focused primarily on the history of Montana and the American West. Jean Sheriff was raised in both Helena and the Sieben Ranch.
She attended Hawthorne School and graduated from Helena High School.
She received her bachelor"s degree in economics in 1939 from Stanford University. When Max was two years old, Jean Sheriff left California and returned to Montana.
She was widowed in 1996. Baucus authored four nonfiction books focusing on the history of Helena and Montana including "Helena: Her Historic Homes, Volumes
1 and 2", which were released during the late 1970s, and "Gold in the Gulch," published in 1981.
Another work, "Helena: An Illustrated History," which she co-authored with editor Vivian Paladin, was first published in 1983 by the Montana Historical Society. Her arts patronages included Holter Museum of Art in Helena. Jean Baucus died at her home in Helena, Montana, on December 10, 2011, at the age of 94.