Mary Helen Washington
Mary Helen Washington is an American literary scholar. She is a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park in the Department of English. Washington is a past president of the American Studies Association.Life
She graduated from Notre Dame College, and from the University of Detroit She taught at the University of Massachusetts, Boston
She is the author of several books of literary and cultural criticism, including The Other Blacklist: The African American Literary and Cultural Left of the 1950s. Her book Invented Lives: Narratives of Black Women 1860–1960 was a New York Times "Best Book of the Year". She has contributed to the PBS documentary series American Experience.
She is the 1988 recipient of the Candace Award from the National Coalition of 100 Black Women and has received honorary Doctorate degrees from Bridgewater State College, Emmanuel College, Notre Dame College, Regis College, and Marygrove College.Works
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