{{short description|American educator (1893–1987)}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox academic | honorific_prefix = | name = Kate L. Turabian | image = Kate L. Turabian (cropped).jpg |caption = Turabian, c. 1958 | birth_name = Laura Kate Larimore | birth_date = {{birth date|1893|2|26}} | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1987|10|25|1893|2|26}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | occupation = Educator | period = | known_for = Author of ''A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations'' | spouse = Stephen Gabriel Turabian (m. 1919) | workplaces = University of Chicago | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | main_interests = | notable_works = ''A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations'' }}
'''Kate Larimore Turabian''' (February 26, 1893 – October 25, 1987) was an American educator who is best known for her book ''A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations''.<ref name="UCP" /> In 2018, the University of Chicago Press published the 9th edition of the book. The University of Chicago Press estimates that the various editions of this book have sold more than 9 million copies since its publication in 1937. A 2016 analysis of over one million college course syllabi found that Turabian was the most commonly assigned female author due to this book.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://time.com/4234719/college-textbooks-female-writers/ | title = These Are the 100 Most-Read Female Writers in College Classes | last = Johnson | first = David | website = Time | access-date = 2016-02-26 }}</ref>
She was born '''Laura Kate Larimore''' in Chicago on February 26, 1893.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=October 26, 1987 |title=Kate Turabian Dies; Author of Stylebook About Dissertations |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/110731882 |work=The New York Times |page=B12}}</ref> Her surname, ''Turabian'', comes from her Armenian-American husband Stephen Gabriel Turabian (1882–1967), whom she married in 1919.<ref>"Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N78Z-TP5 : Fri Mar 08 10:25:26 UTC 2024), Entry for Stephen Gabriel Turabran and Laura Kate Larimore, 04 Oct 1919.</ref> Turabian was the graduate school dissertation secretary at the University of Chicago from 1930 to 1958.<ref name="UCP">{{cite web |url=http://www.press.uchicago.edu/books/turabian/turabian_who.html |title=Who Was Kate Turabian? |publisher=University of Chicago Press }}</ref> The school required her approval for every master's thesis and doctoral dissertation. The various editions of her style guide present and closely follow the University of Chicago Press's ''Manual of Style'' ("Chicago style").
Her ''A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations'' and its associated style are referred to as "Turabian".<ref>See, e.g., reference to "Turabian footnotes" and to the parenthetical explanation following the title of the book–"(known simply as 'Turabian')"– in [http://library.duke.edu/research/citing/within/turabian.html "Citing Sources within Your Paper"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303122210/http://library.duke.edu/research/citing/within/turabian.html |date=2009-03-03 }}, part of online research guides provided by Duke University Library. Web. Retrieved on March 11, 2009.</ref> She died on October 25, 1987 in Los Angeles.<ref name=":0" />
==See also== *Diana Hacker
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==Further reading== *Turabian, Kate L. ''A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations''. 8th ed. Revised by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, and the University of Chicago Press Staff. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013. {{ISBN|0-226-81637-0}} (10). {{ISBN|978-0-226-81637-1}} (13). {{ISBN|0-226-81638-9}} (10). {{ISBN|978-0-226-81638-8}} (13). *Turabian, Kate L. ''Student's Guide to Writing College Papers''. 4th ed. Revised by Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, and the University of Chicago Press Editorial Staff. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-226-81630-2}}.
==External links== *''[http://www.press.uchicago.edu/books/turabian/index.html A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations:] Chicago Style for Students and Researchers'' – Dedicated webpage at the University of Chicago Press; includes "Who was Kate Turabian?" * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928221612/http://www.eturabian.com/turabian/index.html "eTurabian Citation Generator"]}} at ''eturabian.com''
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