Joyce Appleby
| Joyce Appleby | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Joyce Oldham April 9, 1929 Omaha, Nebraska |
| Died | December 23, 2016 (aged 87) Taos, New Mexico |
| Nationality | American |
| Board member of | president of the Organization of American Historians |
| Spouse(s) | Andrew Bell Appleby |
| Academic background | |
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| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Historian |
| Institutions | University of California, Los Angeles |
Joyce Oldham Appleby (April 9, 1929 – December 23, 2016) was an American historian. She was a professor of history at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She served as president of the Organization of American Historians (1991) and the American Historical Association (1997).
Appleby was born in Omaha, Nebraska. Her father was a businessman. She attended public schools in Omaha, Dallas, Kansas City, Evanston, Phoenix, and Pasadena.
Appleby received her B.A. degree from Stanford University in 1950 and then became a magazine writer in New York. Returning to academia, she earned her Ph.D. from Claremont Graduate School in 1966.
Appleby was the widow of Andrew Bell Appleby, a professor of European history at San Diego State University. Her first marriage to Mark Lansburgh ended in divorce. She had three children: Ann Lansburgh Caylor, Mark Lansburgh, and Frank Bell Appleby.
Appleby died on December 23, 2016 at the age of 87.
Appleby taught at San Diego State University from 1967 to 81, then became a professor of history at University of California, Los Angeles. She was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1993. In 1990–1991 she was the Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Professor of American History at Oxford University.
When she was the president of the Organization of American Historians, Appleby secured congressional support for an endowment to send American Studies libraries to 60 universities around the world; a selection of 1,000 books were made by a group of scholars on American history, literature, political science, sociology, and philosophy.
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