Anne Firor Scott

Anne Firor Scott (April 24, 1921 – February 5, 2019) was an American historian, specializing in the history of women and of the South.

Early life and education
Scott was born April 24, 1921, in Montezuma, Georgia. In 1941 she graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Georgia. She then worked for the National League of Women Voters in Washington, D.C. She earned a master's degree in political science from Northwestern University in 1944. She married Andrew MacKay Scott in 1947. She then began her doctoral studies at Radcliffe College, Harvard University, while raising their children, a daughter and two sons.

Academic career
She earned her PhD from Radcliffe College of Harvard University in 1958.

Legacy
The Anne Firor Scott papers, 1963–2002, are held at Duke University. Visible Women: New Essays on American Activism, a collection of essays drawing inspiration from Scott's 1984 work, Making the Invisible Woman Visible was published in 1993. Writing Women's History: A Tribute to Anne Firor Scott was published in 2011. It contains essays on how women's history is written in the wake of Scott's book The Southern Lady: From Pedestal to Politics, 1830–1930. Edited by Elizabeth Anne Payne, the collection has contributions from Scott herself, Laura F. Edwards, Crystal Feimster, Glenda E. Gilmore, Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, Darlene Clark Hine, Mary Kelley, Markeeva Morgan, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, and Deborah Gray White. It is based on papers presented at the University of Mississippi's annual Chancellor Porter L. Fortune Symposium in Southern History.

Honors

 * Honorary degrees from Queens College, Northwestern University, Radcliffe College, and the University of the South
 * Berkshire Conference Prize in 1980
 * University Medal from Duke University in 1994
 * Organization of American Historians' Distinguished Service Award in 2002
 * Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2004.
 * American Historical Association’s Scholarly Achievement Award in 2008
 * 2013 National Humanities Medal (awarded in 2014)