Eleanor Bisbee

Eleanor Bisbee
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

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

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

  • "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

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

  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. JSTOR 2180009.
  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. JSTOR 4322164.
  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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