Patricia Bell-Scott facts for kids

Patricia Bell-Scott is an American expert who studies women's lives and the history of Black women. She is a retired professor from the University of Georgia. Her books are found in many libraries around the world.

About Patricia Bell-Scott

Early Life and Home

Patricia Bell-Scott was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Today, she lives in Athens, Georgia, with her husband, Charles Vernon Underwood Jr. He used to work in information technology.

Her Work as an Author

Patricia Bell-Scott is a writer and a retired professor. She taught about women's studies and family science at the University of Georgia.

Important Books and Awards

Her most recent book is called The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice. This book won the Lillian Smith Book Award. It was also named a top nonfiction book by the American Library Association. The book was a finalist for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. It was also considered for the National Book Award.

Bell-Scott has written other important books too. These include Life Notes: Personal Writings by Contemporary Black Women (1994). Another book is Flat-footed Truths: Telling Black Women's Lives (1998). Her book Double Stitch: Black Women Write about Mothers and Daughters (1991) won an award. She also helped edit All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, But Some of Us Are Brave (1982). This book was an award-winning textbook. It was called one of the "Books that Made the Century Great."

Helping Others and Teaching

For ten years, Bell-Scott was a co-founder and editor of SAGE: A Scholarly Journal on Black Women. She also used to be an editor for Ms. Magazine. She helped start the National Women's Studies Association. She also led its first council meeting.

She has done special research at places like the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She also worked at the University of Georgia.

She has held teaching and research jobs at many universities. These include the University of Connecticut and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She also worked at her old school, the University of Tennessee. She is a great teacher. She helped start the University of Georgia Teaching Academy. Many groups have honored her for her work. These include the American Educational Research Association and the American Psychological Association.