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Martha Saxton
Martha Saxton is an American professor of history and women's and gender studies at Amherst College who has authored several prominent historical biographies. Life She graduated from Columbia University, and University of Chicago. She taught at Amherst College, and Hampshire County Jail and House of Correction. In 2003, she wrote ''Being Good: Women's Moral Values in Early America''. The TV film ''The Jayne Mansfield Story'' featuring Loni Anderson and Arnold Schwarzenegger was based on her book ''Jayne Mansfield and the American fifties''. She also published findings of a classroom experiment on Wikipedia's inclusion of women in historical articles. She is a recipient of the PEN New England Award. Publications Books *''The Widow Washington: The Life of Mary Washington'' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019). , *''Being Good: Women's Moral Values in Early America'' (Hill and Wang, 2003). , *''Interpretations of American History'' (seventh edition) with Frank Couvares (previo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Saxton, Amherst College Professor Of History And Women's And Gender Studies
Martha (Hebrew language, Hebrew: מָרְתָא) is a Bible, biblical figure described in the Gospels of Gospel of Luke, Luke and Gospel of John, John. Together with her siblings Lazarus of Bethany, Lazarus and Mary of Bethany, she is described as living in the village of Bethany near Jerusalem. She was witness to Jesus resurrecting her brother, Lazarus of Bethany, Lazarus. Etymology of the name The name ''Martha'' is a Latin transliteration of the Koine Greek Μάρθα, itself a translation of the Aramaic מָרְתָא ''Mârtâ,'' "the mistress" or "the lady", from מרה "mistress," feminine of מר "master." The Aramaic form occurs in a Nabatean inscription found at Puteoli, and now in the Naples Museum; it is dated AD 5 (Corpus Inscr. Semit., 158); also in a Tadmor, Syria, Palmyrene inscription, where the Greek translation has the form ''Marthein.'' Pope, Hugh"St. Martha" The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1919. Biblical reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
