Dorothy Shawhan

Visiting Scholar

Fall 2006

 

 

Dorothy Shawhan was scholar in residence at the Southern Women’s Institute in the Fall Semester 2006.  She is the author of the novel Lizzie (Longstreet Press, 1995) and co-author with Dr. Martha Swain of the biography Lucy Somerville Howorth: New Deal Lawyer, Politician, and Feminist from the South (Southern Biography Series, Louisiana State University Press, 2006).  She is Professor Emerita at Delta State University, having taught there for twenty-five years, the last 14 as chair of the Division of Languages & Literature.   Shawhan holds the B.A. degree from MUW, the M.A. from Louisiana State University, and the M.F.A. from George Mason University.

 

Her books can be found at Amazon.com. Follow these links:

Lizzie

Lucy Somerville Howorth: New Deal Lawyer, Politician, And Feminist from the South (Southern Biography Series)