Willie Lee Rose
Willie Lee Rose (May 18, 1927 – June 20, 2018) was an American historian. She was a professor of American History at Johns Hopkins University, and the author of several books about slavery and the Reconstruction Era.
Willie Lee Rose | |
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| Born | May 18, 1927 Moneta, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | June 20, 2018 (aged 91) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Education | University of Mary Washington Johns Hopkins University |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Spouse | William G. Rose |
Early life
Rose was born as Willie Lee Nichols on May 18, 1927, in Moneta, Virginia.[1][2] She grew up in Bedford, Virginia.[2]
Rose graduated from University of Mary Washington, where she earned a bachelor's degree in 1947.[1] She earned a PhD in history from Johns Hopkins University in 1962.[1]
Career
Rose was a history professor at the University of Virginia until 1973, when she returned to Johns Hopkins University as faculty. She was a history professor at Johns Hopkins until 1992.[2] She was the Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Visiting professor of American History at the University of Oxford in 1977.[1][3]
Rose authored several books about slavery and the Reconstruction Era.[1] She won the Allan Nevins Prize and the Francis Parkman Prize from the Society of American Historians and the Troyer Steele Anderson Prize from the American Historical Association in 1991.[1][2]
Personal life and death
Rose married William G. Rose in 1949. He predeceased her in 1985.[1]
Rose died on June 20, 2018, in Baltimore, Maryland, at 91.[1][2]
Selected works
- Rose, Willie Rose; Woodward, C. Vann (1976). Rehearsal for Reconstruction: The Port Royal Experiment. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195198829. OCLC 1038448111.
- Rose, Willie Lee (1982). Slavery and Freedom. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195029697. OCLC 966044365.
- Rose, Willie Lee (1999). A Documentary History of Slavery in North America. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820320656. OCLC 492259031.
References
- Roberts, Sam (June 27, 2018). "Willie Lee Rose, Historian of Reconstruction, Dies at 91". The New York Times. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
- Smith, Harrison (June 27, 2018). "Willie Lee Rose, influential historian of slavery and Reconstruction, dies at 91". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
- "Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Visiting Professor of American History". Rothermere American Institute. Retrieved July 1, 2018.