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Mary Ritter Beard

1876 - 1958

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Mary Ritter Beard (August 5, 1876 – August 14, 1958) was an American historian, author, women's suffrage activist, and women's history archivist who was also a lifelong advocate of social justice. As a Progressive Era reformer, Beard was active in both the labor and women's rights movements. She also authored several books on women's role in history including On Understanding Women (1931), America Through Women's Eyes (editor, 1933), and Woman as Force in History: A Study in Traditions and Realities (1946), her major work. In addition, she collaborated with her husband, historian Charles Austin Beard, as coauthor of seven textbooks, most notably The Rise of American Civilization (1927), two volumes, and America in Midpassage: A Study of the Idea of Civilization (1939) and The American Spirit (1942), the third and fourth volume of The Rise of American Civilization series. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Ritter Beard is the 421st most popular historian (up from 535th in 2019), the 7,430th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,475th in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Mary Ritter Beard ranks 421 out of 561. Before her are Cyril Toumanoff, Franz Theodor Kugler, Stephen Greenblatt, Boris Chicherin, Chimalpahin, and Catharine Macaulay. After her are Andreas Alföldi, Henri Grégoire, Isabella Bashmakova, Anton Heinrich Springer, Alain Daniélou, and Stephen E. Ambrose.

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Among people born in 1876, Mary Ritter Beard ranks 168. Before her are Max O. Lorenz, Nikolay Burdenko, Havergal Brian, John Marshall, Pingali Venkayya, and Clara Blandick. After her are Paul Montel, Rosalia Zemlyachka, Sven Gustaf Wingqvist, G. M. Trevelyan, Ernest Henry Wilson, and Pyotr Konchalovsky. Among people deceased in 1958, Mary Ritter Beard ranks 143. Before her are Henri Béraud, John Marshall, Eino Kaila, Otto Witte, Jean Debucourt, and Vladimir Lossky. After her are Estelle Taylor, Karl Lashley, Nezihe Muhiddin, Feodor Gladkov, Stevan Hristić, and Peter Whitehead.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mary Ritter Beard ranks 7,432 out of 20,380. Before her are Johnny Mathis (1935), Frederick Townsend Ward (1831), Lisa Murkowski (1957), Edith Clarke (1883), Patrick Kilpatrick (1949), and Hal Needham (1931). After her are Millie Perkins (1938), Ed Helms (1974), Jimmy Durante (1893), James Darren (1936), Bill Smitrovich (1947), and Hassler Whitney (1907).

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, Mary Ritter Beard ranks 26. Before her are Donald Keene (1922), Richard N. Frye (1920), Ernest Fenollosa (1853), Joan Wallach Scott (1941), Stanley G. Payne (1934), and Stephen Greenblatt (1943). After her are Stephen E. Ambrose (1936), Daniel J. Boorstin (1914), Charles A. Beard (1874), Carl Benjamin Boyer (1906), Drew Gilpin Faust (1947), and John King Fairbank (1907).

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