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'''Anita Maris Boggs''' (sometimes, '''A. Maris Boggs'''; 1888–1937) was an American economist, educator, and philanthropist.<ref name="Cook1928">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Robert Cecil |title=Who's who in American Education: A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Living Educators of the United States |date=1928 |publisher=Who's Who in American Education |page=46 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KqygAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA46 |access-date=25 December 2024 |language=en |chapter=BOGGS, A Maris}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> She served as a co-founder (1913), dean, and director of the ] (BCE).<ref name="WhosWhoNationsCapital1926">{{cite book |title=Who's who in the Nation's Capital |year=1926 |publisher=Consolidated Publishing Company |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kUY2ttKq71wC&pg=PA79 |page=79 |chapter=BOGGS, A. Maris |access-date=24 December 2024 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref><ref name="WhoAmerica1924">{{cite book |title=Who's who in America |date=1924 |publisher=A.N. Marquis |page=446 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CcxapMo5EBIC&pg=PA446 |access-date=25 December 2024 |language=en |chapter=BOGGS, A. Maris}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> '''Anita Maris Boggs''' (sometimes, '''A. Maris Boggs'''; 1888–1937) was an American economist, educator, and philanthropist.<ref name="Cook1928">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Robert Cecil |title=Who's who in American Education: A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Living Educators of the United States |date=1928 |publisher=Who's Who in American Education |page=46 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KqygAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA46 |access-date=25 December 2024 |language=en |chapter=BOGGS, A Maris}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> She served as a co-founder (1913), dean, and director of the ] (BCE).<ref name="WhosWhoNationsCapital1926">{{cite book |title=Who's who in the Nation's Capital |year=1926 |publisher=Consolidated Publishing Company |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kUY2ttKq71wC&pg=PA79 |page=79 |chapter=BOGGS, A. Maris |access-date=24 December 2024 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref><ref name="WhoAmerica1924">{{cite book |title=Who's who in America |date=1924 |publisher=A.N. Marquis |page=446 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CcxapMo5EBIC&pg=PA446 |access-date=25 December 2024 |language=en |chapter=BOGGS, A. Maris}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> Boggs served as President of the D.C. Chapter, ];<ref name="WhoAmerica1928" /> and was a Fellow of the ].


==Early life and education== ==Early life and education==
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==Personal life== ==Personal life==

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Anita Maris Boggs
B&W portrait photo of a white woman wearing a dark hatBoggs in 1923
BornAnita Uarda Maris Boggs
November 14, 1888
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedJuly 12, 1937
Jerusalem, Palestine
Other namesA. Maris Boggs
Alma mater
Occupations
  • economist
  • educator
  • philanthropist
Known forCo-founder, Bureau of Commercial Economics
Notable workVision
AwardsOrder of the White Lion of Czechoslovakia

Anita Maris Boggs (sometimes, A. Maris Boggs; 1888–1937) was an American economist, educator, and philanthropist. She served as a co-founder (1913), dean, and director of the Bureau of Commercial Economics (BCE). Boggs served as President of the D.C. Chapter, League of American Penwomen; and was a Fellow of the American Geographic Society.

Early life and education

Anita Uarda Maris Boggs was born on November 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

In 1913, Boggs and Francis Holley became the co-founders of the BCE. Boggs served as Dean until 1922, when she took over as Director. The aim of the Bureau was promoting amity between the nations. Both of the founders were firm believers in what was termed visual education. She traveled around the world and was the guest of several foreign governments that asked her to assist them in establishing the work of the Bureau in their countries so that their people might receive the benefits of the service it extended. She had means and accepted no salary.

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.

Boggs served as editor of the BCE's official organ, Vision. She wrote magazine articles on educational motion pictures and philosophy, as well as international finance, economics, and tariffs.

Traveling widely, Boggs was familiar with a multiple foreign languages, including, Arabic.

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

Personal life

Boggs never married. She was a resident of Washington, D.C. from 1913.

In 1934, Boggs traveled to Europe and Western Asia with Dorothy Quincy Smith, her traveling companion. After requiring surgery in Bethlehem in January 1935, Boggs was unable to continue traveling. She died in Jerusalem, Palestine, on July 12, 1937.

Awards and honors

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

Selected works

Translator

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. Public Domain 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. Public Domain 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. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ Leonard, John W.; Marquis, Albert Nelson (1928). Who's who in America. Marquis Who's Who. Retrieved 25 December 2024. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. 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. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. "A Great Educational Work". The South Bend Tribune. 28 December 1926. p. 8. Retrieved 25 December 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  7. Sherman, John Dickinson (31 May 1923). "Pictures - Without Money and Without Price". The Sutton Register. p. 3. Retrieved 25 December 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  8. ^ "DR MARIS BOGGS EDUCATOR DIES". Evening Star. 13 July 1937. p. 4. Retrieved 25 December 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "EDITORIAL OBSERVATIONS". St. Joseph News-Press. 1 May 1933. p. 10. Retrieved 25 December 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

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