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Mary Wells Ashworth (May 28, 1903 — September 12, 1992) was an American historian. She was granted a Guggenheim Fellowship for biography in 1955 and was a co-winner of the 1958 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for George Washington, Volumes I-VII.

Mary Wells Ashworth
Born	Mary Wells Knight Ashworth (1903-05-28)May 28, 1903 Plant City, Florida
Died	September 12, 1992(1992-09-12) (aged 89) Richmond, Virginia
Occupation	Historian, writer
Notable awards	1954 Guggenheim Fellowship 1958 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for George Washington, Volumes I-VII

Biography

Ashworth was born in Plant City, Florida on May 28, 1903. She went to Virginia to complete a Bachelor of Arts at Hollins College in 1924.[1]

Ashworth worked as a historian for Douglas Southall Freeman while he wrote his biography George Washington from 1945 to 1953.[1] Throughout her time on Washington's biography, Ashworth was initially a bibliographer for Freeman at the start of the seven volume biography.[2] When Freeman died after writing Volume VI of his biography on Washington, Ashworth worked at Charles Scribner's Sons from 1954 to 1957.[1]

For the final volumes of the Washington biography, Ashworth was involved in the publication stages of Volume VI and co-wrote Volume VII alongside John Alexander Carroll. George Washington, Volume VII was Ashworth's first and only book as an author.[3] Apart from writing, Ashworth's entries were featured in Notable American Women 1607-1950 and the World Book Encyclopedia.[4]

Ashworth was married with two children.[4] On September 12, 1992, she died of an aortic rupture in Richmond, Virginia.[4]

Awards and honors

In 1954, Ashworth was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in biography.[5] In 1958, she was a co-winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for George Washington, Volumes I-VII.[6]

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