Guide to the Frances Patai Papers, 1937-1998

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Guide to the Frances Patai Papers, 1937-1998

1937-1998

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Frances Patai was an educator, writer, historian and feminist activist. Born in New York in 1930 she earned her bachelors and masters degrees at the City College of New York in the 1950s and taught English and communication courses throughout the City University of New York (CUNY) system. Throughout her career Patai was concerned with the rights and status of women, and in the last decade of her life she devoted her efforts to researching and writing a book on women medical personnel who volunteered during the Spanish Civil War. Patai died in 1998 before she could bring her project to fruition. She was 67 years old. The Patai Papers consist predominantly of research materials she gathered and drafts she produced during the course of her work on her unpublished book, <i>Heroines of the Good Fight: U.S. Women Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War</i> including articles, clippings, and notes.

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