Effie Mona Mack (1888–1969) was an American historian, educator, and textbook co-author. She is said to be the only person to receive a Doctorate degree in History of Nevada. The Mack Social Science building at the

University of Nevada, Reno The University of Nevada, Reno (Nevada, the University of Nevada, or UNR) is a public land-grant research university in Reno, Nevada. It is the state's flagship public university and primary land grant institution. It was founded on October 12, ...

is named in her honor. She received a bachelor's degree from

Smith College Smith College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts Women's colleges in the United States, women's college in Northampton, Massachusetts. It was chartered in 1871 by Sophia Smith (Smith College ...

, a Master's at the University of Nevada (1916; thesis, ''The recall in the making and adoption of the federal constitution of 1787-1789''), and a Ph.D. from the

University of California The University of California (UC) is a public land-grant research university system in the U.S. state of California. The system is composed of the campuses at Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, ...

(1930; dissertation, ''Life and letters of

William Morris Stewart William Morris Stewart (August 9, 1827April 23, 1909) was an American lawyer and politician. In 1964, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Personal Stewart was born in Wayne County ...

, 1827-1909. A history of his influence on state and national legislation''). She taught at the University of Nevada, Reno, and at Nevada Southern, which became the

University of Nevada, Las Vegas The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) is a public land-grant research university in Paradise, Nevada. The campus is about east of the Las Vegas Strip. It was formerly part of the University of Nevada from 1957 to 1969. It includes the S ...

Selected works

* (1930) ''William Morris Stewart, empire builder, 1827-1909'' * (1936) ''Nevada'' * (1940) ''Our state: Nevada'' * (1947) ''Mark Twain in Nevada'' * (1953) ''Nevada government; a study of the administration and politics of State, county, township, and cities'' * (1961) ''Territorial Centennial of Nevada- 1861-1864'' * (1964) ''William Morris Stewart, 1827-1909'' * (1965) ''Here is Nevada; a history of the State'' * (1968) ''The Indian massacre of 1911 at Little High Rock Canyon, Nevada''

References

External links

A Guide to Nevada, a history of the state from the earliest times through the Civil War, 82-03
Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Reno. Edited manuscript, photographs and maps for Mack's book
Effie Mona Mack papers, 1917-1969
Nevada Historical Society. 1888 births 1969 deaths Writers from Nevada Historians of Nevada Historians of the American West Smith College alumni University of Nevada, Reno alumni University of California, Berkeley alumni University of Nevada, Las Vegas faculty University of Nevada, Reno faculty 20th-century American historians American women historians 20th-century American women writers {{US-historian-stub