Mary
B. (Beth)
Norton
Born:
03/25/1943
Ann Arbor
,
MI
Parents: Clark F. Norton, Mary E. Norton
Address(es):
Permanent :
820 Triphammer Road
Ithaca , NY 14850
U.S.A.
Permanent :
Department of History, 450 McGraw Hall, Cornell University
Ithaca , NY 14853-4601
Contact Information:
Email : [email protected].
Parents: Clark F. Norton, Mary E. Norton
Address(es):
Permanent :
820 Triphammer Road
Ithaca , NY 14850
U.S.A.
Permanent :
Department of History, 450 McGraw Hall, Cornell University
Ithaca , NY 14853-4601
Contact Information:
Email : [email protected].
Writings
| Image | Title | Genre | Audience | Publisher | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Separated by their sex : women in public and private in the colonial Atlantic world | History | Adult | Ithaca : Cornell University Press | 2011 | |
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Major Problems in American Women's History : documents and essays - Co-Editor |
History | Adult | Boston : Houghton Mifflin | 2007 | |
| In the Devil's Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692 | History | Adult | New York : Alfred A. Knopf | 2002 -2003 | |
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Founding Mothers & Fathers: Gendered Power and the Forming of American Society - A study of gender and politics in the Anglo-American colonies, c. 1670-1750. |
History | Adult | New York : Alfred A. Knopf | 1996 | |
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Major Problems in American Women's History : documents and essays - Editor |
Non Fiction | Adult | Lexington, Mass. : D.C. Heath | 1989 | |
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To Toil the Livelong Day: American's Women at Work, 1790-1980 - Co-Editor |
Non Fiction | Adult | Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press | 1987 | |
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A People and a Nation - With other authors (Publication Years: 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2001) |
History | Adult | Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co. | 1982 -2015 | |
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Liberty's Daughters: The Revolutionary Experience of American Women, 1750-1800 - Republished with new preface, Cornell University Press, 1996. |
History | Adult | Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co | 1980 | |
|
Women of America: A History - Co-Editor |
History | Adult | Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co | 1979 | |
| Constable and Company | Non Fiction | 1974 | |||
| The British-Americans: The Loyalist Exiles in England, 1774-1789 | History | Adult | Boston : Little, Brown | 1972 | |
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Other writings: - Contributor to History Today, William and Mary Quarterly, Signs |
What is the aim or goal of your writing:
"To recreate history in an interesting, relevant, and lively manner."
2nd ed. says, "My aim as a teacher and writer of history is to try to make the past come alive by examining the lives of real people, ordinary people in the past. At the moment, I find women's history the most exciiting and rewarding field of research."
May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No
Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No
Skills:
Author
Other - Historian
Awards:
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow, Huntington Library | 2001 |
| Starr Foundation Visiting Fellow, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford | 2000 |
| Finalist, Pulitzer Prize in History | 1997 |
| John Simon Guggenheim Foundation fellow | 1994 -1995 |
| Fellowship, Society for the Humanities, Cornell University | 1989 -1990 |
| Gender Roles Fellowship, Rockefeller Foundation | 1986 -1987 |
| Peterson Fellowship, American Antiquarian Society | 1984 |
| Berkshire Conference Prize for best book by a woman historian | 1981 |
| Fellowship, Shelby Cullom Davis Center, Princeton University | 1977 -1978 |
| Fellowship, Charles Warren Center, Harvard University. N.E.H. Younger Humanists Fellowship | 1974 -1975 |
| Allan Nevins Prize for best-written dissertation in American history | 1970 |
| Harvard Prize Fellowship | 1964 -1969 |
| Woodrow Wilson Fellowship | 1964 |
Inclusion in biographical or critical works:
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Michigan Authors, 3rd ed. | 1993 |
| Who's Who in America | 1990 -1991 |
| Michigan Authors, 2nd ed. | 1980 |
|
Contemporary Authors
- Contemporary Authors, volume(s) 49-52 Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, volume(s) 5, 125 |
1975 -2004 |
| Directory of American Scholars | |
| Listed in recent editions of Who's Who in America |
Education:
| Degree | Institution | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master of Arts (M.A.); Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) | Harvard University | Cambridge , MA | 1964 -1969 |
| Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor , MI | 1960 -1964 |
Career:
| Position | Organization | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| General editor | AHA ( American Historical Association) Guide to Historical Literature | 1990 | |
| Consulting editor | AHA Guide to Historical Literature | 1987 -1990 | |
| Professor | Cornell University | Ithaca , NY | 1971 |
| Assistant Professor | University of Connecticut | Storrs | 1969 -1971 |
|
Chairwoman, member, co-chair, president
- Many conferences, committees, councils and related professional activities |
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| Served as judge | Society of the Cincinnati Book Prize | Cincinnati |
Other Resources:
Other Comments:
Norton also appears in a variety of history programs and documentaries about colonial times, including
*Salem Witch Trials in the Discovery Channel's Unsolved History series in 2003[7]
*Witch Hunt on the The History Channel in 2004.
*PBS Series History Detectives, on Season 6, Episode 7, "Front Street Blockhouse.", 2008
*Salem Witch Hunt: Examine the Evidence in 2011 for the Essex National Heritage Commission and the National Park Service
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