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Dr. Molly McClain is Professor of History and Director of Interdisciplinary Humanities Program at the University of San Diego.
She is writing a biography of Ellen Browning Scripps (1836-1932), the journalist, suffragette, investor, and philanthropist who became one of the richest women in California.
She received her Ph.D. from Yale University. Her work in British history includes Beaufort: The Duke and his Duchess, 1657-1715 (Yale University Press, 2001) as well as articles on Queen Mary II (1662-94) and other subjects.
She also publishes work on local history. A ninth-generation San Diegan, she co-edits The Journal of San Diego History.
Dr. McClain is the recent recipient of a University Professorship and the Davies Award for Teaching Excellence.