Patricia Bell-Scott facts for kids

Patricia Bell-Scott is an American scholar and author. She studies topics like women's studies (learning about women's lives and experiences) and black feminism (focusing on the unique experiences of Black women). She used to be a professor at the University of Georgia and is now a professor emerita, meaning she has retired but still holds an honored title. Her books are very popular and can be found in many libraries around the world.

About Patricia Bell-Scott

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 Amazing Books

Patricia Bell-Scott is known for her writing and her work as a professor. 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 tells the story of a special friendship between two important women, Pauli Murray and Eleanor Roosevelt, and how they worked together for fairness and justice.

This book won the Lillian Smith Book Award. It was also named a "Best Adult Nonfiction Book of the Year" by the American Library Association. It was even a finalist for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction and was considered for the National Book Award.

She has written other important books too:

• Life Notes: Personal Writings by Contemporary Black Women (1994) – This book was chosen by a popular book club.
• Flat-footed Truths: Telling Black Women's Lives (1998)
• Double Stitch: Black Women Write about Mothers and Daughters (1991) – This book won the Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Book Prize.
• All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, But Some of Us Are Brave (1982) – She co-edited this book with Gloria Hull and Barbara Smith. It was a textbook that won an award and was called one of the "Books that Made the Century Great" by Black Issues Books Review.

Helping Others Learn

Patricia Bell-Scott has done a lot to help people learn about women's and Black women's history. For ten years, she was a co-founding editor of SAGE: A Scholarly Journal on Black Women. This is a special magazine that publishes articles about Black women.

She also used to be an editor for Ms. Magazine, a well-known magazine for women. She helped start the National Women's Studies Association, which is a group that supports the study of women's lives and experiences. She even helped lead the first meeting of this important group.

Patricia Bell-Scott has also been a visiting scholar at famous universities like Harvard University and the University of Georgia. She has taught and done research at many other places, including the University of Connecticut and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is a great teacher and even helped start the University of Georgia Teaching Academy.

Many groups and organizations have honored her for her important work. These include the American Psychological Association and the National Council on Family Relations.