User:Taylordw/sandbox/Lois Green Carr

Ancestry
Lois Green Carr came from a family of historians and writers. Her maternal grandfather, Andrew C. McLaughlin, won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1936 for his book, A Constitutional History of the United States. Her mother, Constance McLaughlin Green also won the Pulitzer Prize in History for her 1963 book, Washington, Village and Capital, 1800-1878.

Early life and education
She completed her doctorate in 1968 with her dissertation, County Government in Maryland, 1689-1709.