Green, Constance Mclaughlin 1897-1975

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)