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Pearl Hogrefe
1889–1977
A longtime Iowa State English professor, she brought Tudor England vividly to life in books that highlighted women too often left out of standard histories. Her work joined careful scholarship with a deep interest in teaching and creative writing.
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Humanistic Studies of the University of Kansas, Vol. 1
by De Witt Clinton Croissant, Edmund Dresser Cressman, Pearl Hogrefe, Arthur Mitchell
About the author
Born in 1889, Pearl Hogrefe studied at Southwestern College, earned a master's degree from the University of Kansas, and completed her Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. Her teaching career included posts at Missouri Wesleyan College, Iowa State Teachers College, and Louisiana Polytechnic Institute before she joined Iowa State in 1931, where she later became a full professor.
Her research centered on the English Renaissance, especially Tudor England, and she spent extended periods working at the Folger Shakespeare Library. Among her books are The Sir Thomas More Circle, The Life and Times of Sir Thomas Elyot, Englishman, Tudor Women: Commoners and Queens, and Women of Action in Tudor England, a study that helped bring attention to the lives and influence of women in the Tudor era.
She was also remembered as a demanding and inspiring teacher. Iowa State preserved her papers and later established fellowships in her honor, reflecting the lasting mark she left as a scholar, mentor, and author.