Margaret Weitz

Margaret Collins Weitz (/ˈwiːts/; born May 24, 1929) is a professor emeritus at Suffolk University. Weitz is the author of books and many articles on French culture, French women, and the role of women in the French Resistance.

Margaret Weitz
Born24 May 1929  (age 91)
EducationDoctor of Philosophy 
OccupationHistorian 
Spouse(s)Morris Weitz 
Awards
  • Officer of the French Order of Academic Palms
  • Knight of the National Order of Merit 

Dr. Weitz graduated from St. Ursula’s High School in Toledo, Ohio and went on to obtain her bachelor's degree from Ohio State University in humanities in 1953.[1] She was awarded a Fulbright grant and proceeded to study for the next two years at University of Poitiers. After studying at Poitiers, she became the first Fulbright scholar to lecture at University of Aix-Marseilles.[1] She later returned to the United States and earned her M.A. from Ohio State University in Romance Languages and Literature. She taught at OSU's Department of Comparative Literature between 1961 and 1969.[1] While at OSU, she met her husband, Morris Weitz. The couple moved to Boston, where Margaret Weitz enrolled in Harvard, eventually earning a Ph.D in 1975. She spent five years teaching at Harvard University in a number of departments. In 1984, she moved became an Associate Professor of Humanities and Modern Languages at Suffolk University, where she remained for eighteen years.

Her primary research interests dealt with French topics and women. Some of her most notable publications are Sisters in the Resistance: How Women Fought to Free France 1940-1945, which was published in 1996 and inspirared a 2006 play by the same name; Combattantes de l’ombre: Histoire des Françaises dans la Résistance, which was published 1997 and was awarded the Prix Litteraire de la Resistance.

For her work, she has received decorations from the French government, including the grade of Officer of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques and the Chevalier grade of the Ordre national du Mérite in 2003.[2]

Dr. Weitz is the mother of Richard Weitz, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, David Weitz, a researcher at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, and Catherine Weitz, a scientist at the Planetary Science Institute.

References
  1. "Margaret Collins Weitz Papers (MS109), 1945-2006: A Finding Aid" (PDF). Suffolk University. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
  2. "Suffolk University - Margaret Collins Weitz's Research Collection Available". Suffolk University. Archived from the original on 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
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