Lynd, Helen Merrell, 1896-1982
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Lynd, Helen Merrell, 1896-1982
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Helen Merrell
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1896-1982
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リンド, H. M
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リンド, H. M
Rindo, H.M., 1896-1982
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Rindo, H.M., 1896-1982
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Helen Merrell was born in La Grange, Illinois, on March 17, 1896. Merrill studied philosophy at Wellesley College, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1919. She began teaching at a New York City boarding school, but left the position after two years to begin graduate studies at Columbia University. Merrell earned a master's degree from Columbia University in the History of Ideas in 1922 and a Ph.D. degree in history and philosophy from Columbia in 1944.
Helen Merrell met Robert Staughton Lynd while hiking Mount Washington in New Hampshire. They married in 1921. Robert Lynd died on November 1, 1970.
The Lynds had two children, a son, Staughton Lynd, who became a historian and social activist, and a daughter, Andrea Merrell (Lynd) Nold.
Helen Merrell began her career as an educator in New York City, but after her marriage to Robert Lynd and earning a master's degree from Columbia University, she became a sociologist, author, and college professor.
Helen Lynd died on January 30, 1982, in Warren, Ohio, at the age of eighty-five.
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