Anya Jabour

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Anya Jabour
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Rice University (PhD), Oberlin College (BA)
Awards Regents Professor, Helen and Winston Cox Award
Scientific career
Institutions University of Montana
Thesis Hearts divided: The marriage and family of Elizabeth and William Wirt, 1802-1834  (1995)
Doctoral advisor John B. Boles
Website https://www.anyajabour.com/

Anya Jabour is an American historian and Regents Professor of History at the University of Montana. [1] She is known for her works on history of family and U.S. women's history. [2] [3] [4] Jabour received the Helen and Winston Cox Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2000. [5]

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  3. Johnston-Miller, M. M. (January 2002). "Book Review: Marriage in the Early Republic: Elizabeth and William Wirt and the Companionate Ideal". Journal of Family History. 27 (1): 83–85. doi:10.1177/036319900202700106. ISSN   0363-1990. S2CID   144598524.
  4. Kierner, Cynthia A. (1999). "Review of Marriage in the Early Republic: Elizabeth and William Wirt and the Companionate Ideal". Journal of the Early Republic. 19 (2): 319–321. doi:10.2307/3124965. ISSN   0275-1275. JSTOR   3124965.
  5. "College of Humanities and Sciences". University of Montana.