Thais M. Plaisted Explained

Thais M. Plaisted
Birth Date:January 14, 1898
Birth Place:San Francisco, California
Death Date:February 3, 1983
Death Place:Los Angeles, California
Occupation:Writer, educator, political scientist, parliamentarian

Thais Margaret Plaisted (January 14, 1898 – February 3, 1983) was an American writer, political scientist, parliamentarian, and educator.

Early life

Thais Margaret Plaisted was born in San Francisco, California, and raised in Boise, Idaho[1] and Boston, the daughter of Paul Jones "Joe" Plaisted and Annie Margaret Ryan Plaisted. She graduated from Brookline High School in Massachusetts,[2] then from Radcliffe College in 1920.[3] [4] She earned a master's degree at the University of Southern California.[5] Her master's thesis, based on her research at the Huntington Library and other collections,[6] was titled "The Embargo of 1757, with reference to the Trade between the Northern British-American Colonies and the British West Indies and the Neutral Islands" (1942).[7]

Career

Plaisted taught school in Idaho and at Hollywood High School in Los Angeles, California. She wrote textbooks,[8] and she lectured on historical and political topics[9] to women's groups in Southern California,[10] [11] [12] Sometimes with color slides for illustration.[13] [14] She represented the South Pacific Section at the 1939 convention of the American Association of University Women, held in Denver. She was press chairman of the Los Angeles County chapter of the California Federation of Women's Clubs,[15] and active in the California History and Landmarks Club,[16] and the Daughters of the American Revolution.[17]

Plaisted wrote articles on the finer points of parliamentary procedure, and taught classes in the subject to adults and youth in the 1940s and 1950s.[18] [19] [20] She served as a parliamentarian for various women's clubs in Los Angeles,[21] helped to organize the Los Angeles chapter of the National Association of Parliamentarians,[22] and for the White House Conference on Families in 1980.[23]

Publications

Personal life

Plaisted died in Los Angeles in 1983, aged 85 years. Her grave is with her mother's, at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, California.

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Notes and References

  1. News: 1936-09-07 . Miss Thais Plaisted is Guest Speaker at BBW Club . 2 . The Idaho Statesman . 2022-03-15 . Newspapers.com.
  2. News: 1941-05-20 . Signal Honor Goes to Girl, Former Boisean . 9 . The Idaho Statesman . 2022-03-15 . Newspapers.com.
  3. October 15, 1920 . 1920 Appointments . The Radcliffe News . 8 . 3.
  4. Plaisted . Thais M. . 1943-05-01 . The Unpublished Papers of Frederick Jackson Turner . The Social Studies . 34 . 5 . 220–221 . 10.1080/00220973.1936.11016843 . 0037-7996.
  5. News: 1951-02-05 . Thais M. Plaisted to Address Lynwood Luncheon Meeting . 3 . South Gate Daily Press-Tribune . 2022-03-15 . Newspapers.com.
  6. News: 1937-09-06 . Novels Subjects are Chosen by Boisean for Degree Thesis . 5 . The Idaho Statesman . 2022-03-15 . Newspapers.com.
  7. Book: Lydon, James G. . Struggle for Empire: A Bibliography of the French and Indian War . 2018-05-01 . Routledge . 978-1-351-00001-7 . en.
  8. News: 1936-08-17 . Writing Books and Teaching School are Complicated, Says Miss Plaisted . 5 . The Idaho Statesman . 2022-03-15 . Newspapers.com.
  9. News: November 6, 1952 . Thais Plaisted to Speak to Women's Improvement Club . 2 . Calexico Chronicle . March 16, 2022 . California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  10. News: 1949-08-09 . Thais M. Plaisted to Address Club . 2 . South Gate Daily Press-Tribune . 2022-03-15 . Newspapers.com.
  11. News: 1936-09-09 . Thais Plaisted Explains Books to Women's Club . 9 . The Idaho Statesman . 2022-03-15 . Newspapers.com.
  12. News: 1948-10-14 . Thais Plaisted Club Speaker . 40 . Daily News . 2022-03-15 . Newspapers.com.
  13. News: 1944-06-20 . Library Forum Will Sponsor Summer Series . 1 . The Southwest Wave . 2022-03-15 . Newspapers.com.
  14. News: 1942-02-21 . Emerson to Stage Tea . 11 . Los Angeles Evening Citizen News . 2022-03-15 . Newspapers.com.
  15. News: 1947-03-17 . Studio City Club Hostesses CFWC . 10 . Los Angeles Evening Citizen News . 2022-03-15 . Newspapers.com.
  16. News: 1953-02-02 . Propose Landmark for Harbor Tech . 5 . Wilmington Daily Press Journal . 2022-03-16 . Newspapers.com.
  17. News: 1937-05-02 . New Chapter . 77 . The Los Angeles Times . 2022-03-15 . Newspapers.com.
  18. News: 1944-08-29 . Miss Thais Plaisted Hostess to Club . 7 . The Southwest Wave . 2022-03-15 . Newspapers.com.
  19. News: 1951-11-08 . West Valley Youth Drill for Model Legislature . 12 . Valley Times . 2022-03-15 . Newspapers.com.
  20. News: 1951-10-02 . Mrs. Stringfellow Heads Parliamentary Law Study Group . 8 . News-Pilot . 2022-03-16 . Newspapers.com.
  21. News: 1950-01-02 . Landmark Club Will Meet Jan. 12 at Plummer Park . 38 . The Los Angeles Times . 2022-03-16 . Newspapers.com.
  22. News: June 12, 1947 . Parliamentarians to organize; many clubwomen plan to join . Daily News . March 16, 2022.
  23. Book: White House Conference On Families (1980, 5 juin-12 juillet Baltimore, Md, Minneapolis, Minn, Los Angeles, Calif.) . Listening to America's Families: Action for the 80's : a Summary of the Report to the President, Congress and Families of the Nation . 1980 . The Conference . 222 . en.
  24. Plaisted . Thais M. . 1939-05-01 . Origins of National Nominating Committees and Platforms . The Social Studies . 30 . 5 . 199–206 . 10.1080/00220973.1935.11016391 . 0037-7996.
  25. Plaisted . Thais M. . 1942-03-01 . Juan Fernandez: Robinson Crusoe Island . The Social Studies . 33 . 3 . 129–131 . 10.1080/00220973.1936.11016701 . 0037-7996.
  26. Plaisted . Thais M. . 1943-12-01 . Five Famous Lincoln Statues . The Social Studies . 34 . 8 . 363–365 . 10.1080/00220973.1936.11016883 . 0037-7996.
  27. Plaisted . Thais M. . 1944-11-01 . The Importance of International Law in Our Thinking Today . The Social Studies . 35 . 7 . 318–319 . 10.1080/00220973.1937.11016991 . 0037-7996.
  28. Plaisted . Thais M. . 1957-05-01 . General Henry M. Robert: Parliamentarian . The Social Studies . 48 . 5 . 158–162 . 10.1080/00220973.1940.11018095 . 0037-7996.
  29. Plaisted . Thais M. . 1959-03-01 . The Vice Presidency of the United States . The Social Studies . 50 . 3 . 88–98 . 10.1080/00220973.1940.11018233 . 0037-7996.
  30. Plaisted . Thais M. . 1964-02-01 . International Law for Space . The Social Studies . 55 . 2 . 46–52 . 10.1080/00220973.1941.11018598 . 0037-7996.

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