Scott, Anne Firor, 1921-....

Anne Firor Scott was born April 24, 1921 in Montezuma Georgia. She married Andrew MacKay Scott in 1947. She graduated summa cum laude in 1941 from the University of Georgia and earned her M.A. at Northwestern in 1944 and her Ph.D. in 1958 at Radcliffe College. From 1944-1947 and again from 1951-1953, Scott served as a research associate, congressional representative and editor of THE NATIONAL VOTER for the League of Women Voters of the United States. She began teaching at Duke University in 1961 as an Assistant Professor in History and in 1980 was promoted to W. K. Boyd Professor of History and served as such until 1991 when she retired as Professor Emerita.

From the guide to the Anne Firor Scott papers, 1963-2002, (University Archives, Duke University)

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