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Eleanor Bisbee
Eleanor Bisbee, a young white woman, from a 1914 publication
Eleanor Bisbee, from a 1914 newspaper
BornJuly 22, 1893
Beverly, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedApril 18, 1956 (1956-04-19) (aged 62)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Writer, editor, Universalist minister, philosopher, college professor
Notable workThe New Turks: Pioneers of the Republic, 1920-1950 (1951)

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.

Early life and education

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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 (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

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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

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  • "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]

Personal life

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Bisbee died in 1956, in San Francisco, at the age of 62.[20] There is a collection of her papers in the Hoover Institution Library and Archives.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Bisbee (Eleanor) papers". Online Archive of California. Retrieved 2025-03-02.
  2. ^ a b "Hoover Library to receive Dr. Bisbee's Turkey writings". The Peninsula Times Tribune. 1956-04-20. p. 11. Retrieved 2025-03-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "The Early Life of Frederick A. Bisbee" and "Services at Philadelphia" The Universalist Leader 26(48)(December 1, 1923): 6-12.
  4. ^ "Tufts College Awards 277 Degrees; Brother and Sister Get the Only Theology Honors". The Boston Globe. 1917-06-19. p. 9. Retrieved 2025-03-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Arlington Girl Chosen". The Boston Globe. 1914-05-28. p. 4. Retrieved 2025-03-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Their Names First to be Inscribed on Jackson College Tennis Trophy". The Boston Globe. 1914-10-03. p. 5. Retrieved 2025-03-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Woman Preacher from Boston". Chattanooga Daily Times. 1916-06-11. p. 20. Retrieved 2025-03-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Parson-Editor to Live in Miami (continued)". The Miami Herald. 1920-11-13. p. 16. Retrieved 2025-03-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Cohen, Isidor (1925). Historical Sketches and Sidelights of Miami, Florida. Priv. Print. p. 154.
  10. ^ a b "Dr. Eleanor Bisbee to give talk at Menlo Park BPWC". The Peninsula Times Tribune. 1952-01-21. p. 7. Retrieved 2025-03-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ a b Weiss, Anne (1943-02-03). "Turkey's Position in World Crisis Will Be Analyzed At Club Session". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 21. Retrieved 2025-03-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ a b Bisbee, Eleanor (2016-11-11). The New Turks: Pioneers of the Republic, 192-195. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-1-5128-1450-7.
  13. ^ Fitzsimons, M. A. (1951-07-01). "Books: New Freedom Moves Turkey into 20th Century". Times Herald. p. 32. Retrieved 2025-03-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ Bisbee, Eleanor (1921-12-31). "The A B C and X Y Z of Tennis". The Miami News. p. 6. Retrieved 2025-03-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ Bisbee, Eleanor (1933). "The Parmenides in the Light of the Propositional Function". The Philosophical Review. 42 (6): 612–617. doi:10.2307/2180009. ISSN 0031-8108.
  16. ^ Bisbee, Eleanor. "Confusion about exclusive and exceptive propositions" The philosophical review vol. 46 (1937), pp. 85–88.
  17. ^ Bisbee, Eleanor (July 1937). "Objectivity in the Social Sciences". Philosophy of Science. 4 (3): 371–382. doi:10.1086/286468. ISSN 0031-8248.
  18. ^ Bisbee, Eleanor. The people of Turkey. East and West Association, 1946.
  19. ^ Bisbee, Eleanor (1950). "Test of Democracy in Turkey". Middle East Journal. 4 (2): 170–182. ISSN 0026-3141.
  20. ^ "Dr. Eleanor Bisbee, Educator, Author Dies". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. 1956-04-20. p. 28. Retrieved 2025-03-02 – via Newspapers.com.
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