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Bearss, Sara Beth was born on February 21, 1960 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Edwin Cole and Mary Margie (Riddle) Bearss.
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Sara Beth Bearss, American editor. Marguerite Hillhouse scholar, 1979-1982, Martha Stackhouse Grafton scholar, 1982. Member American History Association, Conference History Journals (secretary-treasurer since 1991), Arlington History Society, Society for Historians of the Early American Republic, Southern History Association, Association for Document Editing, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Alpha Theta.
Education
Bachelor summa cum laude, Mary Baldwin College, 1982; Master of Arts, University of Virginia, 1984.
Career
Editorial assistant Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Virginia History Society, Richmond, 1984-1985; assistant editor, Virginia History Society, Richmond, 1985-1989; associate editor, Virginia History Society, Richmond, since 1990; project director documents series, Virginia History Society, Richmond, since 1993. Consultant exhibit To Preserve and Hand Down: Twenty-five Years of Collecting, 1960-1985, 1985-1986. Lecturer in field.
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Member American History Association, Conference History Journals (secretary-treasurer since 1991), Arlington History Society, Society for Historians of the Early American Republic, Southern History Association, Association for Document Editing, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Alpha Theta.
