Smith in 1916

Marion Parris Smith (1879–1964)[1] was a professor of economics at Bryn Mawr College.

Biography

She was born as Marion Parris on 22 May 1879 in Manhattan to Edward Lowden Parris (1837–1921) and Mary Ida Dubois (1850–1936)

She married William Roy Smith (1876–1938) on 11 June 1912 in Manhattan, New York.[2]

In 1936 she was named to the Pennsylvania Education Board by George Howard Earle III.[3]

Works

  • Millinery as a Trade for Women. With Lorinda Perry (1916)
  • Chinese Optimism: A nature-philosophy that led to faith in human goodness and inspired serene art. (1924)
  • What constitutes a liberal democracy? (1925)
  • A Democratic Program: Address before the Democratic Women's Luncheon Club of Philadelphia. (1926)
  • Recent Economic Heresies: Address before the Executive Committee of the Democratic Women's Luncheon Club of Philadelphia. (1935)

References

  1. ↑ Frost, Robert (2016). The Letters of Robert Frost. Harvard University Press. p. 510. ISBN 9780674973442.
  2. ↑ "Dr. William R. Smith, Bryn Mawr Teacher. Historian Joined the Faculty in 1902. Once Lectured at Barnard. Dies at 61". New York Times. February 14, 1938. Retrieved 2013-12-23.
  3. ↑ "Put On Education Board. Five New Members Are Named by Earle in Pennsylvania". New York Times. September 3, 1936. Retrieved 2014-08-02.


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