Elizabeth Baity
{{short description|American children's author}}
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| birth_name = Elizabeth Estella Chesley
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| birth_place = Hamilton, Texas, US
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| death_place = Solana Beach, California, US
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Elizabeth Chesley Baity (March 5, 1907 – October 7, 1989) was an American academic and children's author. Her book Americans Before Columbus was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1952.
Biography
Elizabeth Chesley was born in Hamilton, Texas, where she grew up and attended school. She attended Texas University for Women.{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/705262409|title=Something about the author. Volume 1|date=1971|others=Anne Commire|isbn=978-0-8103-0050-7|location=Detroit, Michigan|oclc=705262409}} In 1930, she married Herman Baity.
Baity taught at the University of North Carolina. She was a noted researcher and author in the field of archaeoastronomy.
Americans Before Columbus, an overview of the subject for children, was published in 1951, and was named a Newbery Honor book the following year. A further volume, America Before Man, came out in 1953, and appeared on the "Best Books of the Year" list produced by The Horn Book Magazine.
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{{Cite web|title = Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922–Present|publisher = American Library Association|url = http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newberymedal.cfm| accessdate =December 11, 2020}}
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Category:American children's writers
Category:Newbery Honor winners
Category:American women children's writers
Category:20th-century American women writers
Category:People from Hamilton, Texas
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