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Fran Leeper Buss

フラン・リーパー・バス

Fran Leeper Buss

Aliases: Francis Barker

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1942-03 （Manchester, Iowa）
Died
2022-07 age 80
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Religion
Christianity
Residence History
Dubuque, Iowa → Fort Collins, Colorado → Las Vegas, New Mexico → Whitewater, Wisconsin → Arizona

Career

Occupations
oral historian, ordained minister, author, teacher, social worker, photographer, feminist
Active Years
1964-2022

Education

University of Iowa
Education
Degree: Teaching degree
Period: 1960-1964
Year of Graduation: 1964
Country: United States
Iliff School of Theology
Theology
Degree: Master of Divinity
Country: United States
Denver, Colorado
University of Arizona
History
Degree: Ph.D.
Year of Graduation: 1995
Country: United States
20th century American history

Awards

Jane Addams Children's Book Award
1992
Work: Journey of the Sparrows
Organization: Jane Addams Peace Association
Result: 受賞
Catherine Prelinger Prize
1998
Organization: Coordinating Council for Women in History
Result: 受賞
ALA Choice Outstanding Academic Title
2018
Work: Memory, Meaning, and Resistance
Organization: American Library Association
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

La Partera: Story of a Midwife

1980 Oral History

Life story of midwife Jesusita Aragon

Women's experiencesMarginalized voices

Dignity: Lower Income Women Tell of Their Lives and Struggles

1985 Oral History

Oral histories of lower income women

Economic strugglesWomen's dignity

Forged under the Sun / Forjada bajo el sol

1993 Biography

Life of Maria Elena Lucas

Migrant laborChicana activism

Journey of the Sparrows

1991 Young Adult Novel

Story of Latin American migrants

ImmigrationFamily journey
Adaptations
  • [Play]
Translations
  • Norwegian and five other languages

Moisture of the Earth

2009 Biography

Life of Mary Robinson, civil rights and textile union activist

Labor movementCivil rights

Memory, Meaning, and Resistance

2017 Memoir

Reflecting on oral history and women at the margins

MemoryResistance

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Oral history-basedDocumentary style
Recurring Motifs
Marginalized women's voicesEconomic justiceFeminism

Health

  • Hysterectomy complications
    1970年代
    Debilitating pain for years, deepened empathy for the powerless

Legacy

Pioneering oral historian of marginalized American women, archives at Harvard's Schlesinger Library

Archives

  • Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library, Harvard University