Eleanor Bisbee
American writer
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Eleanor Bisbee (July 22, 1893 – April 18, 1956) was an American journalist, Universalist minister, philosopher, and college professor, best known for her works on Turkish history, politics, and culture.
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| Born | July 22, 1893 Beverly, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | April 18, 1956 (aged 62) |
| Occupations | Writer, editor, Universalist minister, philosopher, college professor |
| Notable work | The New Turks: Pioneers of the Republic, 1920-1950 (1951) |
Early life and education
Bisbee was born in Beverly, New Jersey[1] (one source says she was born in Ocean City, New Jersey),[2] the daughter of Frederick A. Bisbee and Martha Gally Bisbee. Her father was a Universalist minister and editor of The Universalist Leader.[3] She graduated from Jackson College for Women (part of Tufts University) in 1915, and a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree in 1917; she and her brother John were the only Theology School graduates at Tufts that year.[4] She earned a Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Cincinnati, with a dissertation titled "Instrumentalism in Plato's philosophy: A functional theory of ideas and of God" (1929).
In college Bisbee was president of the Christian Guild,[5] a tennis champion and a member of the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority.[6]
Career
Between college and graduate school, Bisbee was a Universalist minister[7] working in Minnesota and Ohio,[8] and a journalist and newspaper editor in Miami, Florida.[9] After completing her doctoral studies, she was a professor of philosophy and civilization at the University of Cincinnati from 1930 to 1931,[1] and a professor of philosophy at Robert College in Istanbul from 1936 until 1942.[10][11]
On her return to the United States, Bisbee concentrated on writing about Turkey, especially her book The New Turks: Pioneers of the Republic, 1920-1950 (1951).[12] Her book was described as a "lively and sympathetic book to explain the Turkish people and to describe their recent achievements."[13]
Bisbee was a columnist at the San Jose Mercury in her later years, and worked at the Hoover Institution Library, organizing the Turkish section.[2] She spoke about the Middle East before community and campus audiences.[10][11]
Publications
- "The A B C and X Y Z of Tennis" (1921)[14]
- "The Parmenides in the Light of the Propositional Function" (1933)[15]
- "Confusion about exclusive and exceptive propositions" (1937)[16]
- "Objectivity in the social sciences" (1937)[17]
- The People of Turkey (1946)[18]
- "Test of Democracy in Turkey" (1950)[19]
- The New Turks: Pioneers of the Republic, 1920-1950 (1951, republished 2016)[12]