The Anna Forbes Liddell Project

celebrates the life of an extraordinary woman by

        preserving information about her life

        gathering memories of her students and colleagues

        developing scholarships and fellowships to honor her memory.

Born in 1891 when there were few opportunities for women,  she was a pioneer.

Scholar
    One of two women to be the first to earn the Ph.D. degree from the University of North Carolina in 1924
    Active in many professional organizations, serving as the 28th president of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology    
    Presented over 60 papers at prestigious conferences in the U.S. and abroad
    Was recognized as an authority on the philosophy of Nicholas of Cusa

Teacher
    Taught philosophy at Florida State College for Women (which later became Florida State University) for 36 years (1926-1962)
    Served as  Head of the Philosophy Department for most of that time
    Instrumental in establishing the Humanities Program at the Florida State College for Women/Floriday State University
    Was named Professor Emerita of Philosophy
    Was the first professor to teach a credited course via closed circuit television at Florida State University
    Was named a Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor, the highest honor that faculty can bestow on a colleague
    Taught with clarity and wit
    Is remembered by many students as their most unforgettable professor

Activist for Equal Rights for Women
    Served as an usher at a suffrage rally when President Theodore Roosevelt spoke
    Marched in a parade up Fifth Avenue in New York for women's right to vote in 1916
    Was Organizing President of the first Equal Suffrage League in North Carolina
    Served as the President of the Tallahassee Branch of the American Association of University Women in 1935
    Testified in 1973 and in 1974 before a Florida House of Representatives committee considering whether to send
        the Equal Rights Amendment to the full House of Representatives for a vote


To contact the project, email chair@aflproject.net

The Anna Forbes Project is sponsored by the Tallahassee Branch of the American Association of University Women.