Jean Schneider
{{Short description|American historian}}
Jean Schneider is an American historian and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History.
Biography
Schneider was a graduate of Vassar College,{{cite journal |last1=John |first1=Richard R. |title=Leonard D. White and the Invention of American Administrative History |journal=Reviews in American History |date=1996 |volume=24 |issue=2 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/30030668 |access-date=January 14, 2025 |issn=0048-7511}}{{rp|354}} graduating in 1921.{{cite journal |title=Class of 1921 |journal=The Vassarion |date=1919 |volume=32 |page=198 |url=https://archive.org/details/vassarion1919vass}}
She worked as the research assistant of Leonard D. White, a professor of public administration at the University of Chicago. The pair collaborated on the 1958 book The Republican Era, 1869–1901, but White died prior to its publication. They were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1959.{{cite news |last1=Butler |first1=Vincent |title=Two N.Y. News Reporters Win Pulitzer Prize |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-two-ny-news-reporters/162984915/ |access-date=January 14, 2025 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=May 5, 1959 |at=Part 3, p.8}}
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