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Mary Sarah Bilder

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Mary Sarah Bilder
Bilder smiling
Bilder in 2016
Born (1965-10-11) October 11, 1965 (age 59)
AwardsBancroft Prize
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison,
Harvard Law School,
Harvard University
Academic work
DisciplineHistorian
Sub-disciplineHistory of American Law
InstitutionsColumbia Law School, Harvard Law School, Boston College Law School

Mary Sarah Bilder (born October 11, 1965) is an American historian, and a winner of the 2016 Bancroft Prize.

Life

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She graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Harvard Law School, and Harvard University. She taught at Columbia Law School, Harvard Law School, and teaches at Boston College Law School.[1]

Works

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  • The Transatlantic Constitution: Colonial Legal Culture and the Empire. Harvard University Press. 2004. ISBN 978-0-674-01512-8.
  • Madison's Hand: Revising the Constitutional Convention. Harvard University Press. 2015. ISBN 978-0-674-49550-0.[2][3]
  • Female Genius: Eliza Harriot and George Washington at the Dawn of the Constitution. University of Virginia Press, 2022. ISBN 978-0-813-94719-8

Honors

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  • 2016 – Bancroft Prize for Madison's Hand: Revising the Constitutional Convention

References

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  1. ^ "Faculty Directory: Mary Sarah Bilder, Founders Professor of Law".
  2. ^ Landers, Robert K. "The Birth of the Constitution". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
  3. ^ Barbash, Fred (2015-11-18). "How James Madison doctored the story of the Constitutional Convention of 1787". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
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External videos
video icon Madison's Hand: Revising the Constitutional Convention, Clough Center, November 5, 2015