Elizabeth Fox-Genovese

Actor · 1941 – 2007 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Elizabeth Ann Fox-Genovese (née Fox; May 28, 1941 – January 2, 2007) was an American historian best known for her works on women and society in the Antebellum South. A Marxist early on in her career, she later converted to Roman Catholicism and became a primary voice of the conservative women's movement. She was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2003.