Mary Benson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3744836 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mary Benson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mary |
| FAMILY NAME | Benson |
| SIGNATURE | BENSON M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mount Holyoke College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1935 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Action Anthropology and Pedagogy: University-Community Collaborations in Setting Policy
This article describes a student-led, community-participatory project focused on reducing the burden of childhood lead poisoning in rental housing. A multidisciplinary group of students and faculty worked with community members. We compiled the social, public health, economic, and policy information on the human and fiscal costs of childhood lead poisoning. This analysis was done for community advocates to use to persuade policymakers to enact a …
Bessie head: A soft hand over her land
(1993). Bessie head: A soft hand over her land. Women: A Cultural Review: Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 165-171
Nelson Mandela: The Man and the Movement
Nelson Mandela has become a legend in his own lifetime; the embodiment of the struggle for liberation in South Africa and the symbol of its triumph. In this biography, the author describes Mandela's life, work and ideas from his childhood in the royal family of the Thembu people to his membership of the African National Congress, including the many years in captivity on Robben Island and the birth of the hope that came with his release
A Hunger for Home: Louisa May Alcott and Little Women
Women in Stuart England and America: A Comparative Study
Journal Article Women in Stuart England and America: A Comparative Study. By Roger Thompson. (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1974. ix + 276 pp. Notes and index. $11.25.) Get access Mary S. Benson Mary S. Benson Mount Holyoke College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 62, Issue 1, June 1975, Pages 101–102, https://doi.org/10.2307/1901315 Published: 01 June 1975
Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary
This superb biographical dictionary covers the lives of exceptional women throughout three and a half centuries of American history. Here are artists, lawyers, reformers, educators, entrepreneurs, physicists, writers, pioneers, presidents' ladies, film stars. Here are those known for their deeds and those famed for their looks--the genteel and the disreputable, the highborn and slave-born. Here are the famous in all areas of endeavor--names like …
The Women in American History
Journal Article The Woman in American History. By Gerda Lerner. (Menlo Park, Calif.: Addison-Wesley, 1971. 207 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. Paper, $2.16.) Get access Mary S. Benson Mary S. Benson Mount Holyoke College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 59, Issue 1, June 1972, Page 120, https://doi.org/10.2307/1888395 Published: 01 June 1972
Victorian Lady on the Texas Frontier: The Journal of Ann Raney Coleman
Journal Article Victorian Lady on the Texas Frontier: The Journal of Ann Raney Coleman. Ed. by C. Richard King. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1971. xxi + 206 pp. Illustration, notes, bibliography, and index. $4.95.) Get access Mary S. Benson Mary S. Benson Mount Holyoke College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 58, Issue 3, December 1971, Pages 735–736, https://do…
A Season in New York, 1801: Letters of Harriet and Maria Trumbull
Journal Article A Season in New York, 1801: Letters of Harriet and Maria Trumbull. Ed. by Helen M. Morgan. (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1969. ix + 189 pp. Map, illustrations, notes, and index. $6.95.) Get access Mary S. Benson Mary S. Benson Mount Holyoke College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 56, Issue 3, December 1969, Pages 657–658, https://doi.org/10…
The Emancipation of the American Woman
South Africa and World Opinion
Essay| March 01 1964 South Africa and World Opinion Mary Benson Mary Benson Specialist on African Affairs Mary Benson, now a contributor to the London Observer, The Times, The Guardian and the B.B.C., was bom and educated in South Africa. In 1963, she lectured at universities in California and Massachusetts on the African leaders in South Africa. She is author of Tshekedi Khama, The African Patriots and Chief Albert Lutuli and was a contributor t…
American Feminists
Journal Article American Feminists. By Robert E. Riegel. (Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1963. [xii] + 223 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliographical note, and index. $4.50.) Get access Mary S. Benson Mary S. Benson Mount Holyoke College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 50, Issue 4, March 1964, Pages 690–691, https://doi.org/10.2307/1916664 Published: 01 March 1964
Chief Albert Lutuli of South Africa
The African Patriots: The Story Of The African National Congress Of South Africa
American Cookery
Journal Article American Cookery, By Amelia Simmons. A Facsimile of the First Edition, 1796, with an Essay by Mary Tolford Wilson. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1958. xxvi + 50 + iv pp. Notes and glossary. $15.00.) Get access Mary Sumner Benson Mary Sumner Benson Mount Holyoke College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 45, Issue 4, March 1959, Pages 663–664, https://d…
Documents on American Foreign Relations, Vol. VI
Woman as Force in History: A Study in Traditions and Realities, by Mary R. Beard
Journal Article Woman as Force in History: A Study in Traditions and Realities, by Mary R. Beard Get access Woman as Force in History: A Study in Traditions and Realities. By Mary R. Beard. New York, The Macmillan Co., 1946.—viii, 369 pp. $3.50. Mary S. Benson Mary S. Benson Milwaukee-Downer College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 61, Issue 2, June 1946, Pages 299–300, h…
America's Places in the World
The Time of Decision
Strategy of Peace
U. S. Foreign Policy: Shield of the Republic
Apostle of Democracy: The Life of Lucy Maynard Salmon
Journal Article Apostle of Democracy: The Life of Lucy Maynard Salmon. By Louise Fargo Brown. (New York: Harper & Bros., 1943. 268 pp. Illustrations, appendices, and index. $3.50.) Get access Mary Sumner Benson Mary Sumner Benson Milwaukee-Downer College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 30, Issue 3, December 1943, Pages 438–439, https://doi.org/10.2307/1896800 Published: …
Women's Life and Work in the Southern Colonies
Women in Eighteenth-Century America: A Study of Opinion and Social Usage
U. S. Foreign Policy: Shield of the Republic
Nelson Mandela: The Man and the Movement
Nelson Mandela has become a legend in his own lifetime; the embodiment of the struggle for liberation in South Africa and the symbol of its triumph. In this biography, the author describes Mandela's life, work and ideas from his childhood in the royal family of the Thembu people to his membership of the African National Congress, including the many years in captivity on Robben Island and the birth of the hope that came with his release
Chief Albert Lutuli of South Africa
Women's Life and Work in the Southern Colonies
Women in Eighteenth-Century America: A Study of Opinion and Social Usage
Women's Life and Work in the Southern Colonies
Apostle of Democracy: The Life of Lucy Maynard Salmon
Journal Article Apostle of Democracy: The Life of Lucy Maynard Salmon. By Louise Fargo Brown. (New York: Harper & Bros., 1943. 268 pp. Illustrations, appendices, and index. $3.50.) Get access Mary Sumner Benson Mary Sumner Benson Milwaukee-Downer College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 30, Issue 3, December 1943, Pages 438–439, https://doi.org/10.2307/1896800 Published: …
U. S. Foreign Policy: Shield of the Republic
The Time of Decision
Strategy of Peace
Documents on American Foreign Relations, Vol. VI
Woman as Force in History: A Study in Traditions and Realities, by Mary R. Beard
Journal Article Woman as Force in History: A Study in Traditions and Realities, by Mary R. Beard Get access Woman as Force in History: A Study in Traditions and Realities. By Mary R. Beard. New York, The Macmillan Co., 1946.—viii, 369 pp. $3.50. Mary S. Benson Mary S. Benson Milwaukee-Downer College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 61, Issue 2, June 1946, Pages 299–300, h…
America's Places in the World
American Cookery
Journal Article American Cookery, By Amelia Simmons. A Facsimile of the First Edition, 1796, with an Essay by Mary Tolford Wilson. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1958. xxvi + 50 + iv pp. Notes and glossary. $15.00.) Get access Mary Sumner Benson Mary Sumner Benson Mount Holyoke College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 45, Issue 4, March 1959, Pages 663–664, https://d…
The African Patriots: The Story Of The African National Congress Of South Africa
South Africa and World Opinion
Essay| March 01 1964 South Africa and World Opinion Mary Benson Mary Benson Specialist on African Affairs Mary Benson, now a contributor to the London Observer, The Times, The Guardian and the B.B.C., was bom and educated in South Africa. In 1963, she lectured at universities in California and Massachusetts on the African leaders in South Africa. She is author of Tshekedi Khama, The African Patriots and Chief Albert Lutuli and was a contributor t…
American Feminists
Journal Article American Feminists. By Robert E. Riegel. (Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1963. [xii] + 223 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliographical note, and index. $4.50.) Get access Mary S. Benson Mary S. Benson Mount Holyoke College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 50, Issue 4, March 1964, Pages 690–691, https://doi.org/10.2307/1916664 Published: 01 March 1964
Chief Albert Lutuli of South Africa
The Emancipation of the American Woman
A Season in New York, 1801: Letters of Harriet and Maria Trumbull
Journal Article A Season in New York, 1801: Letters of Harriet and Maria Trumbull. Ed. by Helen M. Morgan. (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1969. ix + 189 pp. Map, illustrations, notes, and index. $6.95.) Get access Mary S. Benson Mary S. Benson Mount Holyoke College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 56, Issue 3, December 1969, Pages 657–658, https://doi.org/10…
Victorian Lady on the Texas Frontier: The Journal of Ann Raney Coleman
Journal Article Victorian Lady on the Texas Frontier: The Journal of Ann Raney Coleman. Ed. by C. Richard King. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1971. xxi + 206 pp. Illustration, notes, bibliography, and index. $4.95.) Get access Mary S. Benson Mary S. Benson Mount Holyoke College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 58, Issue 3, December 1971, Pages 735–736, https://do…
The Women in American History
Journal Article The Woman in American History. By Gerda Lerner. (Menlo Park, Calif.: Addison-Wesley, 1971. 207 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. Paper, $2.16.) Get access Mary S. Benson Mary S. Benson Mount Holyoke College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 59, Issue 1, June 1972, Page 120, https://doi.org/10.2307/1888395 Published: 01 June 1972
Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary
This superb biographical dictionary covers the lives of exceptional women throughout three and a half centuries of American history. Here are artists, lawyers, reformers, educators, entrepreneurs, physicists, writers, pioneers, presidents' ladies, film stars. Here are those known for their deeds and those famed for their looks--the genteel and the disreputable, the highborn and slave-born. Here are the famous in all areas of endeavor--names like …
Women in Stuart England and America: A Comparative Study
Journal Article Women in Stuart England and America: A Comparative Study. By Roger Thompson. (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1974. ix + 276 pp. Notes and index. $11.25.) Get access Mary S. Benson Mary S. Benson Mount Holyoke College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 62, Issue 1, June 1975, Pages 101–102, https://doi.org/10.2307/1901315 Published: 01 June 1975
A Hunger for Home: Louisa May Alcott and Little Women
Nelson Mandela: The Man and the Movement
Nelson Mandela has become a legend in his own lifetime; the embodiment of the struggle for liberation in South Africa and the symbol of its triumph. In this biography, the author describes Mandela's life, work and ideas from his childhood in the royal family of the Thembu people to his membership of the African National Congress, including the many years in captivity on Robben Island and the birth of the hope that came with his release
Bessie head: A soft hand over her land
(1993). Bessie head: A soft hand over her land. Women: A Cultural Review: Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 165-171
Action Anthropology and Pedagogy: University-Community Collaborations in Setting Policy
This article describes a student-led, community-participatory project focused on reducing the burden of childhood lead poisoning in rental housing. A multidisciplinary group of students and faculty worked with community members. We compiled the social, public health, economic, and policy information on the human and fiscal costs of childhood lead poisoning. This analysis was done for community advocates to use to persuade policymakers to enact a …
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