Anita Maris Boggs | |
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| Born | Anita Uarda Maris Boggs November 14, 1888 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | July 12, 1937 (aged 49) Jerusalem, Palestine |
| Other names | A. Maris Boggs |
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| Known for | Co-founder, Bureau of Commercial Economics |
| Notable work | Vision |
| Awards | Order of the White Lion of Czechoslovakia |
Anita Maris Boggs (sometimes, A. Maris Boggs; 1888–1937) was an American economist, educator, and philanthropist.[1] She was the co-founder of the Bureau of Commercial Economics (BCE),[2][3] its film library being one of the largest of the kind in its day, and the only one that was international;[4] by 1920, it had the largest educational film library in the world.[5]
Boggs served as President of the Washington, D.C. Chapter of the League of American Penwomen;[6] and was a Fellow of the American Geographic Society. She was a recipient of the Order of the White Lion.
- ^ 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.
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- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Ulm, Aaron Hardy (October 1921). "Once Blind, He Now Helps Others to See". American Magazine. 92 (4). Colver Publishing House: 55. Retrieved 24 December 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Parker, A. L. (February 1920). "Motion Pictures in the Far Places". The Ladies' Home Journal. 37. Meredith Corporation: 3. Retrieved 25 December 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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