Phoebe Baroody Stanton (1914–2003) was an American

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, professor and urban planner. She taught at

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, from 1955 until 1982. Stanton was outspoken about the

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and design for the city of Baltimore. She wrote and published three books.

Biography

Phoebe Baroody was born in 1914 in

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, into a

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family. She was raised in

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. At the age of 14, she traveled to Lebanon for the first time. She received her B.A. degree in 1937 from

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, and her M.A. degree in 1939 from

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. She attended

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for additional graduate work. During

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, she worked for the Board of Economic Securities. She received her PhD in 1950 from

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at the

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. At Courtauld, she studied under

Nikolaus Pevsner Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner (30 January 1902 – 18 August 1983) was a German-British art historian and architectural historian best known for his monumental 46-volume series of county-by-county guides, ''The Buildings of England'' (195 ...

and

John Summerson Sir John Newenham Summerson (25 November 1904 – 10 November 1992) was one of the leading British architectural historians of the 20th century. Early life John Summerson was born at Barnstead, Coniscliffe Road, Darlington. His grandfather wo ...

. She was married to Daniel J. Stanton, a city planner; and in 1954 they moved to Chinquapin Parkway in

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. Stanton was an outspoken supporter of Baltimore's architecture and advised the city on design. In 1963, she became involved with the city's planning and preservation issues. She was faculty and taught at

, from 1955 until 1982. She also occasionally taught at

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, and Bryn Mawr colleges. Stanton died at 88 on September 24, 2003, in a Baltimore hospital due to complications from

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and

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Publications

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stanton, Phoebe 1914 births 2003 deaths American people of Lebanese descent Mount Holyoke College alumni Radcliffe College alumni Alumni of the Courtauld Institute of Art American architectural historians Johns Hopkins University faculty Women art historians People from Carroll County, Illinois Academics from Chicago American urban planners Historians from Illinois