Elizabeth R. Varon (born December 16, 1963) is an American historian, and Langbourne M. Williams Professor of American History at the University of Virginia.

Life

Varon graduated from

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( B.A.,1985), and from Yale University, ( Ph.D., 1993). She was professor of history at

Wellesley College Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant as a female seminary, it is a member of the original Seven Sisters Colleges, an unofficial g ...

, and Temple University. She is an

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lecturer. She was co-director of the

Society for Historians of the Early American Republic The Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (SHEAR) is an organization that was established in 1977 to study the history of the United States in the period between 1775 and 1861. The Society holds annual conferences, awards prizes an ...

. She and her husband,

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, reside in

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. They have two children.

Works

* *''Southern Lady, Yankee Spy: The True Story of Elizabeth Van Lew, a Union Agent in the Heart of the Confederacy'', Oxford University Press, USA, 2003, * * *

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Varon, Elizabeth R 21st-century American historians University of Virginia faculty Swarthmore College alumni Wellesley College faculty Temple University faculty Yale University alumni Living people American women historians 1963 births 21st-century American women writers