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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ann_Tukey_Harrison > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ann_Tukey_Harrison.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Tukey_Harrison > Source revision: 1351264944 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American academic (1938–2021)}} {{Infobox person | name = Ann Tukey Harrison | birth_date = April 19, 1938 | birth_place = Geneva, New York, USA | death_date = October 28, 2021 | death_place = East Lansing, Michigan, USA | education = University of Michigan | occupation = Professor of French | employer = Michigan State University | notable_works = The Danse Macabre of Women: Ms. Fr. 995 of the Bibliothèque Nationale }} '''Ann Tukey Harrison''' (April 19, 1938 – October 28, 2021) was an American academic specializing in [Romance Languages](/source/Romance_languages) and medieval women's history. == Early life == Ann Tukey was born on April 19, 1938, in [Geneva, New York](/source/Geneva%2C_New_York), to Harold and Ruth (née Schweigert) Tukey. She attended [East Lansing High School](/source/East_Lansing_High_School), graduating in 1954 with awards including The [Quill and Scroll](/source/Quill_and_Scroll) for excellence in journalism and the [National Honor Society](/source/National_Honor_Society).{{Cite news|date=June 11, 1954|title=East Lansing High School Names Outstanding Seniors|work=The Lansing Journal|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16315832/|access-date=January 14, 2022}} She received her university education from Michigan State University: the BA in French in 1957, the MA in French in 1958, and a PhD in linguistics from the [University of Michigan](/source/University_of_Michigan) in 1960.  She was awarded a [Woodrow Wilson Fellowship](/source/The_Institute_for_Citizens_%26_Scholars) in 1957–1958. Her mother Ruth had a Ph.D. in [educational psychology](/source/educational_psychology) from Michigan State University{{Cite thesis|last=Tukey|first=Ruth Schweigert|date=1961|title=A study of differences found between intellectually-orientated and socially-oriented superior girls|type=PhD thesis|publisher=Michigan State University|url=https://d.lib.msu.edu/etd/44507|access-date=2022-01-14|doi=10.25335/m5zw1968c}} and was a senior lecturer there. Her father Harold was the head of the Michigan State University department of horticulture.{{Cite news|date=1973-12-13|title=Mrs. Ruth S. Tukey Wed to E. W. Bates|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/12/13/archives/mrs-ruth-s-tukey-wed-to-ew-bates.html|access-date=2022-01-14|issn=0362-4331}} She married the theoretical physicist Michael J. Harrison in 1970.{{Cite news|date=1970-09-02|title=Michael J. Harrison, Physicist, Weds Ann Tukey in Michigan|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/02/archives/michael-j-harrison-physicist-weds-ann-tukey-in-michigan.html|access-date=2022-01-14|issn=0362-4331}} The couple were active in Jewish life in Lansing, attending the Congregation Kehillat Israel from its earliest days.{{Cite news|date=April 9, 2018|title=Michael J. Harrison|work=Lansing State Journal}}{{Cite web|date=2021-10-28|title=Ann Tukey Harrison|url=https://estesleadley.com/obituaries/ann-tukey-harrison/|access-date=2022-01-14|website=Estes Leadley Funeral Homes|language=en-US}} == Career == Ann Tukey Harrison was professor of French at [Michigan State University](/source/Michigan_State_University) from 1965 until she became professor emerita in 1999. She also worked at the [University of Wisconsin-Madison](/source/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Madison) as an instructor from 1961 to 1965 and was the Ruth Dean Lecturer at [Mount Holyoke College](/source/Mount_Holyoke_College) in 1976. She was also the vice-president of the [American Association of Teachers of French](/source/American_Association_of_Teachers_of_French) from 1985 to 1990.{{Cite web|title=Officers|url=https://frenchteachers.org/archives/officers/|access-date=2022-01-14|website=AATF|language=en-US}} Tukey Harrison specialized in fifteenth century women's history, publishing a book called ''Charles d’Orleans and the Allegorical Mode'' in 1975. The book explores whether Charles d'Orleans can be described as an allegorist. A reviewer wrote that the book had "cogent analyses, backed by appropriate textual references, it constitutes a welcome addition to Orleans criticism."{{Cite journal|last=Malley|first=Moira|date=1976|title=Review of Charles d'Orléans and the Allegorical Mode|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/390099|journal=The French Review|volume=50|issue=2|pages=335–336|jstor=390099 |issn=0016-111X}} In 1994, she published an English edition of ''The Danse Macabre of Women: Ms. Fr. 995 of the Bibliothèque Nationale''. This fifteenth-century, anonymously authored French poem describes 36 women of all ages in dialogue with Death. This poem is part of the [Danse Macabre](/source/Danse_Macabre) motif, frequently explored in the Late Middle Ages. Tukey Harrison's edition reproduces the original illuminated manuscript found in the [Bibliothèque Nationale](/source/Biblioth%C3%A8que_nationale_de_France) . A digital scan of the original manuscript can be found in the Bibliotheque Nationale's online archive ([https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b100212581 Français 995, La Danse macabre des femmes]). In her review of the book, published in the periodical ''Women's Art Journal'', Laura Rinaldi Defresne wrote that Tukey's work was 'elegant' and 'meticulously researched'.{{Cite journal|last=Dufresne|first=Laura Rinaldi|date=1997|title=The "Danse Macabre" of Women|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1358679|journal=Woman's Art Journal|language=en|volume=18|issue=1|pages=40|doi=10.2307/1358679|jstor=1358679 |issn=0270-7993|url-access=subscription}} Other reviewers noted that the text was 'solid'{{Cite journal|last=Maxwell|first=Marcia Lusk|date=1997|title=The Danse macabre of Women: Ms. fr. 995 of the Bibliothequè Nationale.Ann Tukey Harrison, Sandra L. Hindman|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3041006|journal=Speculum|language=en|volume=72|issue=2|pages=481–483|doi=10.2307/3041006|jstor=3041006 |issn=0038-7134|url-access=subscription}} and 'accessible to students.'{{Cite journal|last=Schleif|first=Corine|date=1995|title=The Danse Macabre of Women: Ms. fr. 995 of the Bibliotheque Nationale.|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2542827|journal=Sixteenth Century Journal|language=en|volume=26|issue=2|pages=433|doi=10.2307/2542827|jstor=2542827 |issn=0361-0160|url-access=subscription}} == Death == Ann Tukey Harrison died on October 28, 2021, in [East Lansing, Michigan](/source/East_Lansing%2C_Michigan). == Publications == === Books === * Harrison, Ann Tukey, et al., editors. ''[https://www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/2010/the-danse-macabre-of-women/ The Danse Macabre of Women: Ms. Fr. 995 of the Bibliothèque Nationale]''. The [Kent State University](/source/Kent_State_University) Press, 1994. * Harrison, Ann T. ''[https://uncpress.org/book/9780807891506/charles-dorleans-and-the-allegorical-mode/ Charles d’Orleans and the Allegorical Mode]''. University of North Carolina Department of Romance Languages, 1975. === Articles === * Harrison, Ann Tukey (1971). Charles d’Orléans and the Renaissance. ''The Bulletin of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association'', ''25''(3), 86–92. https://doi.org/10.2307/1346682 * Harrison, Ann Tukey (1980). The Theme of Authority in the Works of Francois Villon. ''The Centennial Review'', ''24''(1), 65–78. {{JSTOR|23740373}} * Harrison, Ann Tukey (1981). Aude and Bramimunde: Their Importance in the Chanson de Roland. ''The French Review'', ''54''(5), 672–679. {{JSTOR|391206}} * Harrison, Ann Tukey (1982). Echo and Her Medieval Sisters. ''The Centennial Review'', ''26''(4), 324–340. {{JSTOR|23739427}} * Harrison, Ann Tukey (1989). Fifteenth-Century French Women's Role Names. ''The French Review'', ''62''(3), 436–444. {{JSTOR|39545}} == References == {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Harrison, Ann Tukey}} Category:1938 births Category:2021 deaths Category:Michigan State University faculty Category:Michigan State University alumni Category:Historians of French literature Category:Scholars of French literature Category:People from Geneva, New York Category:East Lansing High School alumni --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ann Tukey Harrison](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Tukey_Harrison) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Tukey_Harrison?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.