Anna McAllister (March 11, 1888 – October 9, 1961) was an American

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human species; as well as the ...

of Catholic women's history.

Life and work

Anna Shannon McAllister was born in

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on March 11, 1888. Educated by the

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, she graduated from the

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and then earned her

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degree from

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in 1909. She married Earl Sadler McAllister two years later. She collected family papers to write her biography, ''Ellen Ewing, Wife of General Sherman'' in 1934. The book was the Catholic Book of the Month Club selection for June 1936 and was awarded third prize in the 1938 nonfiction contest of the National League of American Penwomen. Her next book was a biography of Sarah Worthington King Peter, ''In Winter We Flourish'' in 1939. She wrote ''Flame in the Wilderness'' five years later, a biography of

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, the American founder of the

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. McAllister was a member of the

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, the

American Association of University Women The American Association of University Women (AAUW), officially founded in 1881, is a non-profit organization that advances Justice, equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research. The organization has a nationwide Social net ...

, and the Columbus Chapter of the National League of American Penwomen. She was the president of the Columbus chapter of the

National Society of Arts and Letters The National Society of Arts and Letters (known by its abbreviation NSAL) is an American non-profit group founded in 1944 as a women's organization to assist promising young artists through arts competitions, scholarships and other career opportuni ...

from 1946 to 1947. She died in Columbus on October 9, 1961.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McAllister, Anna 1888 births 1961 deaths Ohio State University alumni 20th-century American historians