Elizabeth Fox-Genovese

Birthday: May 28, 1941

Death: January 02, 2007

Elizabeth Ann Fox-Genovese (née Fox; May 28, 1941 – January 2, 2007) was an American historian best known for her works on women and society in the Antebellum South. A Marxist early on in her career, she later converted to Roman Catholicism and became a primary voice of the conservative women's movement. She was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2003.