Marion Parris Smith (1879–1964) was a professor of economics at Bryn Mawr College.

Biography

She was born as Marion Parris on 22 May 1879 in Manhattan to Edward Lowden Parris (1837–1921) and Mary Ida Dubois (1850–1936) She married

William Roy Smith William Roy Smith (1876–1938) was an American academic historian. Career Smith studied first at the University of Texas (A.B. 1897, A.M. 1898), and went on to complete a Ph.D. at Columbia University in 1902, as a student of William Archibald D ...

(1876–1938) on 11 June 1912 in Manhattan, New York. In 1936 she was named to the Pennsylvania Education Board by George Howard Earle III.

Works

* ''Millinery as a Trade for Women.'' With

Lorinda Perry Lorinda Perry (December 23, 1884 – August 30, 1951) was an American economist, college professor, and lawyer, based most of her life in Illinois. Early life Perry was born December 21, 1884, in Melvin, Illinois, the daughter of Eugene Beauha ...

(1916) * ''Chinese Optimism: A nature-philosophy that led to faith in human goodness and inspired serene art.'' (1924) * ''What constitutes a liberal democracy?'' (1925) * ''A Democratic Program: Address before the Democratic Women's Luncheon Club of Philadelphia.'' (1926) * ''Recent Economic Heresies: Address before the Executive Committee of the Democratic Women's Luncheon Club of Philadelphia.'' (1935)

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