Pauline maier biography

American historian (1938–2013)

Pauline Alice Maier (née Rubbelke; April 27, 1938 – August 12, 2013) was a revisionist^[1] historian of the American Revolution, whose work also addressed the late colonial period and the history of the United States after the end of the Revolutionary War.

She was the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of American History at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Maier achieved prominence over a fifty-year career of critically acclaimed scholarly histories and journal articles.

She was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and taught undergraduates. She authored textbooks and online courses.

Pauline Alice Maier was a revisionist historian of the American Revolution, whose work also addressed the late colonial period and the history of the United States after the end of the Revolutionary War. She was the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor.

Graduating in with a B.A. in history and literature, she was a Fulbright Scholar at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Born Pauline Rubbelke in in St. Paul, Minnesota, she was the first in her family to attend college.

Pauline Alice Rubbelke was born on April 27, , in St. Paul, where her father was a firefighter.

Pauline Maier is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of American History at MIT. She is the author of several books and textbooks on American history.

Her popular career included series with PBS and the History Channel. She appeared on Charlie Rose, C-SPAN2's In Depth and wrote for The New York Times review pages for 20 years. Maier was the 2011 President of the Society of American Historians.

She won the 2011 George Washington Book Prize for her book