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(1945-2023) Historian. Martha Saxton was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Norfolk, Connecticut.

Full Name

Martha Saxton

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1945

BIRTH

Martha Porter Saxton was born in Manhattan, New York, on September 3, 1945.

1975

LITWORK

Jayne Mansfield and the American Fifties
Houghton Mifflin
0395202892 / 978-0395202890
Biography.

1977

LITWORK

Louisa May Alcott: A Modern Biography
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
0395257204 / 978-0395257203
Biography.

1989

OTHER

Ms. Saxton received a Ph.D. in history from Columbia University in 1989.

2002

LITWORK

Being Good: Women's Moral Values in Early America
Hill and Wang
0374110115 / 978-0374110116
Nonfiction.

2008

LITWORK

Interpretations of American History
Bedford/St. Martin's; Eighth edition (September 5, 2008)
0312480490 / 978-0312480493
Nonfiction written with Francis G. Couvares, Gerald N. Grob, and George Athan Billias.

2019

LITWORK

The Widow Washington: The Life of Mary Washington
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
080909701X / 978-0809097012
Biography.

2023

DEATH

Martha Saxton died at her home in Norfolk, Connecticut, on July 18, 2023.

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