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Virginia C. Purdy was born on 1 August, 1922 in Columbia, South Carolina, is an A female archivist. Discover Virginia C. Purdy's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 92 years old?

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Occupation Historian and archivist
Age 92 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 1 August 1922
Birthday 1 August
Birthplace Columbia, South Carolina
Date of death 22 May, 2015
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Nationality United States

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Her husband is Donald Roderick Purdy

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1922

Virginia Cardwell Purdy (August 1, 1922 – May 22, 2015) was an American archivist and historian at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

1942

In 1942, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of South Carolina.

She briefly taught in South Carolina before her career at NARA.

1946

Purdy met her husband, Donald Roderick Purdy, during World War II and they married on June 4, 1946.

1957

Because her husband was a Federal meteorologist, they lived in a number of cities across the country until permanently settling in the D.C. area in 1957.

1960

She also earned an M.A. (1960) and Ph.D. (1970) in history from the George Washington University.

1964

Purdy's first position was as a reference librarian at the Library of Congress (1964–1966).

1966

Later, at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, she was Assistant Historian (1966–1969) and Keeper of the Catalog of American Portraits (1969–70).

1970

At NARA (1970–1989), she worked as exhibits curator, Director of the Education Division, Microfilms Publications Coordinator, and Specialist in Women's History.

1976

In 1976, four years before publishing her book with fellow NARA employee, Mabel Deutrich, Clio Was a Woman: Studies in the History of American Women (Harvard University Press, 1980), Purdy headed a Conference on Women's History in April 1976.

Prior to this conference, NARA had identified only two sets of records that pertained to women's history: the records of the Women's Bureau and the Children's Bureau of the Department of Labor.

Purdy knew that there were an abundance of records about women that existed and were simply forgotten or ignored.

In her work of highlighting the importance of those records and make the agency, along with the archival community, understand the importance of women's history, she became renowned for her intersectional approach to women's history.

Despite having such an influence on the historiography of women's history, the conference received only a "passing mention" in NARA's annual report, "a sign that women's history still had a ways to go before it would be seriously considered a field of study."

She published on the history of the NARA building and the history of women in the United States in addition to making contributions to theory and practice of archival management.

Clio was a woman : studies in the history of American women / edited by Mabel E. Deutrich and Virginia C. Purdy.

["Papers and proceedings of the Conference on Women's History, April 22–23, 1976, the National Archives Building, Washington, D.C."]

1978

She was a Fellow of the Society of American Archivists and an editor of the journal The American Archivist (1978–1980).

Purdy was born in Columbia, South Carolina.

1980

Washington: Howard University Press, 1980.