Viola Florence Barnes, 1885-1979
Viola Florence Barnes was one of the most prominent women historians in the United States from the 1920s to the 1950s. Born in 1885, Barnes was educated at Yale University and began teaching at Mount Holyoke College in 1919. She was an instrumental member of the ''imperial school'' of historians, who interpreted North American colonial history within a British imperial framework. Specializing in N...
Viola Florence Barnes was one of the most prominent women historians in the United States from the 1920s to the 1950s. Born in 1885, Barnes was educated at Yale University and began teaching at Mount Holyoke College in 1919. She was an instrumental member of the ''imperial school'' of historians, who interpreted North American colonial history within a British imperial framework. Specializing in N...
