Davis, Frances R. A.
Variant namesAuthor and foreign correspondent Frances Parsons Davis Cohen (1908-1982) was the author of My Shadow in the Sun (1940), an autobiographical account of her experiences as a journalist in France and Spain during the Spanish Civil War. Her second book, A Fearful Innocence (1981), was an attempt to reconcile her experience of a utopian community in West Newbury, Mass., with the brutality of Fascism that she had witnessed in Europe. She was married to I. Bernard Cohen, professor of the history of science at Harvard University.
From the description of Papers, 1899-1983 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007987
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| creatorOf | Davis, Frances. Child welfare consultant service in West Virginia. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
| creatorOf | Davis, Frances. Papers, 1899-1983 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Davis, Frances. Reactions to relief: examples from clients who are on relief in Ocean County, New Jersey. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Shupe, John. John Shupe collection, 1970-1991 [photographs]. | Utah Division of State History, Utah Historical Society |
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| associatedWith | Albertson, Hazel Hammond. | person |
| associatedWith | Albertson, Ralph, 1866-1951. | person |
| associatedWith | Breshko-Breshkovskai︠a︡, Ekaterina Konstantinovna, 1844-1934. | person |
| associatedWith | Cohen, I. Bernard, 1914-2003. | person |
| associatedWith | Davis, Philip, 1876-1951. | person |
| associatedWith | Harvard University | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | International Business Machines Corporation | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Lippmann, Walter, 1889-1974. | person |
| associatedWith | Mothers' Study Club (Cambridge, Mass.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727. | person |
| associatedWith | Schlesinger, Arthur M. (Arthur Meier), 1917-2007. | person |
| associatedWith | Shupe, John. | person |
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