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Elizabeth brown pryor biography of martin


Pryor's deeply researched book is more convincing than most others that take a predominantly negative view of the 16th president.

Over the past several years historian Elizabeth Brown Pryor has uncovered a rich trove of unpublished Lee materials that had been held in both private and....

Elizabeth Brown Pryor

American diplomat and historian

Elizabeth Brown Pryor (March 15, 1951 – April 13, 2015) was an American diplomat and historian.

Career

She was born Mary Elizabeth Brown in Gary, Indiana. Her father worked for AT&T, and the family moved multiple times for his job. She finished her secondary school education in Summit, New Jersey and attended Northwestern University.

Brion McClanahan discusses Elizabeth Brown Pryor's Lincoln Prize winning book Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Personal Letters.

  • Brion McClanahan discusses Elizabeth Brown Pryor's Lincoln Prize winning book Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Personal Letters.
  • "Reading the Man" by Elizabeth Brown Pryor is a captivating biography that delves into the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln.
  • Over the past several years historian Elizabeth Brown Pryor has uncovered a rich trove of unpublished Lee materials that had been held in both private and.
  • Elizabeth Brown Pryor pulls back the curtain to address Lincoln's foibles and shortcomings.
  • Elizabeth Brown Pryor (1951–2015) combined careers as an award-winning historian and a senior diplomat in the American Foreign Service.

    • Upon her graduation in 1973, Pryor began working for the National Park Service. She also obtained a second bachelor's degree from the University of London and a masters in history from the University of Pennsylvania. In 1983, Brown joined the Department of State.

    She formulated the policy, known as the Pryor Paper, that eventually led the United States to rejoin UNESCO in 2003.[1]

    In 2008, Pryor was awarded the Lincoln Prize for Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E.

    Lee through his Private Letters. She shared the honor with James Oakes, who won for The Radical and the