Mary C. Wright | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mary Oliver Clabaugh September 25, 1917 Tuscaloosa, Alabama, US |
| Died | June 18, 1970 (aged 52) Guilford, Connecticut, US |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | Radcliffe College |
| Known for | Study of late Qing dynasty and early 20th century China |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Sinology |
| Institutions | Yale University Stanford University |
| Notable students | Sherman Cochran, Mark Selden, Jonathan Spence |
Mary Clabaugh Wright (born Mary Oliver Clabaugh; Chinese name 芮瑪麗 Ruì Mǎlì; September 25, 1917 – June 18, 1970) was an American historian and sinologist who specialized in the study of late Qing dynasty and early twentieth century China. She was the first woman to gain tenure in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Yale University, and subsequently the first woman to be appointed a full professor in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Yale.[1][2][3]
Wright's influential 1957 monograph, The Last Stand of Chinese Conservatism, argued that the mid-19th century T'ung Chih (Tongzhi) Restoration failed because "the requirements of modernization ran counter to the requirements of Confucian stability."[4]
She was married to historian Arthur F. Wright.
- ^ "Glorious Women: A Tribute to Some of Yale's Luminaries". Yale University. Retrieved 2013-01-09.
- ^ "Guide to the Arthur Frederick and Mary Clabaugh Wright Papers MS 876". Yale University Library. Retrieved 2013-01-09.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Becomes Yale Professor". The Day. April 19, 1965. p. 24.
- ^ Cohen (1984), p. 25.