Gladys-Marie Fry
American art historian and educator / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gladys-Marie Fry (April 6, 1931 – November 7, 2015) was Professor Emerita of Folklore and English at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, and a leading authority on African American textiles. Fry earned her bachelor's and master's degrees from Howard University and her Ph.D. from Indiana University. She is the author of Stitched From the Soul: Slave Quilting in the Ante-Bellum South and Night Riders in Black Folk History. A contributor or author to 8 museum catalogs, Fry is also the author of a number of articles and book chapters. Fry has also served as the curator for 11 museum exhibitions (including the Smithsonian in Washington, DC) and consultant to exhibits and television programs around the nation.[1]
Gladys-Marie Fry | |
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Born | (1931-04-06)April 6, 1931 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Died | November 7, 2015(2015-11-07) (aged 84) Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S. |
Education | Howard University, Indiana University |
Genre | Historian, folklorist |
Relatives | Louis Edwin Fry Sr. (father) |