Grace Macurdy
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Grace Macurdy
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Grace Harriet Macurdy was an American classicist, and the first American woman to gain a PhD from Columbia University. She taught at Vassar College for 44 years, despite a lengthy conflict with Abby Leach, her first employer. Macurdy eventually rose to become chair of the department of Greek before embarking upon an illustrious international career. One of her major areas of research was royal women during the Hellenistic period. Macurdy shaped the field of classics and the study of ancient hist
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American classical philologist (1866-1946)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Macurdy
date created:
2016-04-12T11:46:03Z
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2024-09-01T03:51:22Z
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