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Virginia Bernhard

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Virginia Bernhard is Professor Emerita of History at the University of St. Thomas. Born in Austin, Texas, she grew up in Houston, attending Lanier Junior High School, San Jacinto High School, and Rice University. After graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania she returned to Houston and earned a Ph.D. in history at Rice. She lives in Houston, Texas, is married to Jim Bernhard, actor/writer, and has three grown children.

Awards and honors:
• Katherine Munson Foster Memorial Award for Literature, Brazos County Historical Museum, 2014
• B.K. Smith Lecturer in History, University of St. Thomas, 2011.
• Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation Award for Outstanding Scholarship and Academic Achievement, 2003.
• Texas Historical Commission Award, Best Local History Publication, for Ima Hogg:The Governor’s Daughter, 1984
• Woodrow Wilson Fellow 1960-61.
• Phi Beta Kappa, 1959

Virginia Bernhard

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Website: Go to Website

Twitter: Go to Twitter Account

Virginia Bernhard is Professor Emerita of History at the University of St. Thomas. Born in Austin, Texas, she grew up in Houston, attending Lanier Junior High School, San Jacinto High School, and Rice University. After graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania she returned to Houston and earned a Ph.D. in history at Rice. She lives in Houston, Texas, is married to Jim Bernhard, actor/writer, and has three grown children.

Awards and honors:
• Katherine Munson Foster Memorial Award for Literature, Brazos County Historical Museum, 2014
• B.K. Smith Lecturer in History, University of St. Thomas, 2011.
• Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation Award for Outstanding Scholarship and Academic Achievement, 2003.
• Texas Historical Commission Award, Best Local History Publication, for Ima Hogg:The Governor’s Daughter, 1984
• Woodrow Wilson Fellow 1960-61.
• Phi Beta Kappa, 1959

Books from Virginia Bernhard

Firsthand America: A History of the United States, Volume 2

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Jamestown: The Novel: The story of America's beginnings

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Firsthand America

The Hoggs of Texas: Letters and Memoirs of an Extraordinary Family, 1887–1906

The Hoggs of Texas: Letters and Memoirs of an Extraordinary Family, 1887–1906

Life Is NOT A Dress Rehearsal: 10 Lists to Make Before Your Final Exit

Slaves and Slaveholders in Bermuda, 1616-1782

Ima Hogg: The Governor's Daughter

The Smell of War: Three Americans in the Trenches of World War I

Firsthand America: A History of the United States, Vol. 2