Paula Mitchell Marks is an American historian specializing in U.S. women’s history and the history of the American West. She was a finalist for the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for history for her book, In a Barren Land: American Indian Dispossession and Survival.[1][2]
Paula Mitchell Marks | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Known for | 1999 Pulitzer Prize finalist |
| Notable work | In a Barren Land: American Indian Dispossession and Survival |
Education
editMarks received her Ph.D. in American studies from the University of Texas at Austin in 1987.[3][4]
Career
editMarks is professor emerita of American studies at St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas.[3] She held a number of previous positions at St. Edward's University, including associate dean and director of the Master of Liberal Arts program.[3][5]
Her book In a Barren Land: American Indian Dispossession and Survival, which chronicles how the U.S. government and white settlers worked together to seize land from Native Americans, was a finalist for the 1999 Pulitzer Prize in History.[1][2] Her earlier book, Precious dust: The American gold rush era, 1848-1900, received the 1994 Spur Award for Nonfiction-Historical from Western Writers of America.[6]
Marks served on the boards of the Western Writers of America and the Texas Institute of Letters.[3] In 2015, she became vice president of the Texas State Historical Association, more than thirty years after first joining the association as a graduate research assistant.[7]
Publications
edit- And die in the west: The story of the O.K. Corral gunfight. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1989.
- Precious dust: The American gold rush era, 1848-1900. New York: W. Morrow, 1994.
- Hands to the spindle: Texas women and home textile production, 1822-1880. College Station, Tex: Texas A & M University Press, 1996.
- Precious dust: The saga of the western gold rushes. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1998.
- In a barren land: American Indian dispossession and survival. New York: William Morrow, 1999.
- When will the weary war be over?: The Civil War letters of the Maverick family of San Antonio. Dallas: The Book Club of Texas, 2009.
Exhibition
edit- Women Shaping Texas in the 20th Century. Bullock Texas State History Museum. 2012-2013.[8][9]
References
edit- ^ a b "The 1999 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in History". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ a b "The Finalists in the Arts". Washington Post. April 13, 1999. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ a b c d "TSHA | Paula Mitchell Marks, Ph.D." www.tshaonline.org. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ Turner, Elizabeth Hayes; Cole, Stephanie; Sharpless, Rebecca (2015). Texas Women: Their Histories, Their Lives. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820337449.
- ^ "Faculty Featured on History Channel". St. Edward's University Magazine (Fall 2004). July 28, 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ "Winners". Western Writers of America. 12 May 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ "Some news about our TIL members" (PDF). Texas Institute of Letters Newsletter (Jan/Feb/Mar 2015). Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ ""Women Shaping Texas in the 20th Century" Exhibit Planning Records An Inventory of the Collection". legacy.lib.utexas.edu. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ "Symposium on the Future of Women's History Studies 2013 I Bullock Texas State History Museum". www.thestoryoftexas.com. Retrieved 19 October 2020.