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Anita Maris Boggs (1888-1937) was an economist, educator, and philanthropist. She served as a co-founder (1913), dean, and director of the Bureau of Commercial Economics (BCE).

Early life and education

Anita Uarda Maris Boggs was born on Nov. 14, 1888, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her parents were Benjamin R. and Mary Emma (Maris) Boggs. Anita had a brother, Randolph Maris Boggs (born 1887).

She was educated at Bryn Mawr College (A. B., 1910) and University of Pennsylvania (M. A., 1911).

Career

Boggs was a co-founder, in 1913, and Dean of the BCE, serving as its Director since 1922.

She served as a special collaborator in visual instruction with the U.S. Bureau of Education, 1915-25; educational representative in the U.S. of the government of Canada, Australia, Argentine, France, Great Britain, Japan, Bolivia, and others; Associate director, department of public service, Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America, 1921-2; and Councillor for the American Indians.

She served as editor of the BCE's organ Vision. She wrote magazine articles on educational motion pictures and philosophy.

She was a member of the Bryn Mawr Alumnae, and Trail Riders of the Rockies; honorary life member of the Maryland Academy of Science; President, D. C. Chapter, League of American Penwomen; Vice-President, American International Academy. Boggs was a Fellow of the American Geographic Society.

She was a resident of Washington, D.C. from 1913.

Awards and honors

Boggs received thanks of the U.S. Government and of various other nations, for constructive work in behalf of humanity.

References

1. ^ Cook, Robert Cecil (1928). "BOGGS, A Maris". Who's who in American Education: A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Living Educators of the United States. Who's Who in American Education. p. 46. Retrieved 25 December 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
2. ^ "BOGGS, A. Maris". Who's who in the Nation's Capital. Consolidated Publishing Company. 1926. p. 79. Retrieved 24 December 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
3. ^ "BOGGS, A. Maris". Who's who in America. A.N. Marquis. 1924. p. 446. Retrieved 25 December 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
4. Jordan, John Woolf; Jordan, Wilfred (1911). Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania: Genealogical and Personal Memoirs. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 1124. Retrieved 25 December 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
5. ^ Leonard, John W.; Marquis, Albert Nelson (1928). Who's who in America. Marquis Who's Who. Retrieved 25 December 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

• Anita Maris Boggs, by Laura Isabel Serna, at Women Film Pioneers Project, Columbia University

• 1888 births
• 1937 deaths
• People from Washington, D.C.
• 20th-century American economists
• 20th-century American educators
• 20th-century American philanthropists
• People from Philadelphia
• Bryn Mawr College alumni
• University of Pennsylvania alumni
• American magazine editors