Byrd Gibbens
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Elizabeth "Byrd" Gibbens (June 5, 1936 – December 20, 2023) was an American historian and professor.[1]
Gibbens was originally from Tyler, Texas, where she was born on June 5, 1936; she grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She became a nun in the Sisters of St. Joseph, but left the order in 1977.[1]
As of 2002[update] she was a professor of English at the University of New Mexico.[2] She also taught at the University of Arkansas.[1]
She died on December 20, 2023.[1]