Green, Constance Mclaughlin 1897-1975

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Birth 1897-08-21
Death 1975-12
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Biographical notes:

Born Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1897. A.B. Smith College, 1919; M.A. Mt. Holyoke College, 1925; Ph.D. Yale, 1937. Married Donald Ross Green. Taught history at the University of Chicago, and Mt. Holyoke and Smith Colleges. Authored the two-volume Washington: A History of the Capital, 1800-1950 (1962-63), for which she received the Pulitzer Prize for history. Other books include: American Cities in the Growth of the Nation (1965); Eli Whitney and the Birth of American Technology (1956); The Rise of Urban America (1965); The Secret City: A History of Race Relations in the Nations Capital (1967).

From the guide to the Constance McLaughlin Green Papers MS 67., 1954-1959, (Sophia Smith Collection)

Historian and author.

From the description of Constance McLaughlin Green papers, 1920-1969 (bulk 1953-1963). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84108624

Historian, Yale University Ph. D., Chief Historian, Army Ordnance Department, 1948-1951; director, 1954-1960, Washington History Project, American University.

From the description of Constance M. Green papers, [ca. 1959]-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 12736865

Historian; Professor; Author.

Born Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1897. A.B. Smith College, 1919; M.A. Mt. Holyoke College, 1925; Ph. D. Yale, 1937. Married Donald Ross Green. Taught history at the University of Chicago, and Mt. Holyoke and Smith Colleges. Authored the two-volume Washington: A History of the Capital, 1800-1950 (1962-63), for which she received the Pulitzer Prize for history. Other books include: American Cities in the Growth of the Nation, 1965; Eli Whitney and the Birth of American Technology, 1956; The Rise of Urban America, 1965; The Secret City: A History of Race Relations in the Nations Capital, 1967.

From the description of Papers, 1954-1959. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 50118671

Biographical Note

1897, Aug. 21 Born, Ann Arbor, Mich. 1919 A.B., Smith College, Northampton, Mass. 1919 1920 Taught, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. 1921 Married Donald Ross Green 1925 M.A., Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass. 1925 1932 Taught, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass. 1937 Ph.D., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 1939 1947 Taught, Smith College, Northampton, Mass. 1942 1945 Historian, Army Ordnance Department, Springfield, Mass. 1947 1948 Consulting historian, American Red Cross 1948 1951 Chief historian, Ordnance, Army History Division, Department of Defense 1951 1954 Historian, Research and Development Board, Office of the Secretary of Defense 1954 1960 Director, Washington, D.C., history project 1962 1963 Published Washington. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. 2 vols. 1963 Awarded Pulitzer Prize 1975, Dec. 5 Died, Annapolis Md.

From the guide to the Constance McLaughlin Green Papers, 1920-1969, (bulk 1953-1963), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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