Anita Maris Boggs

Anita Maris Boggs (A. Maris Boggs or Maris Boggs ; 1888–1937) was an American economist, educator, and philanthropist. She was the co-founder of the Bureau of Commercial Economics (BCE), its film library being one of the largest of the kind in its day, and the only one that was international; by 1920, it had the largest educational film library in the world.

Boggs served as President of the Washington, D.C. Chapter of the League of American Penwomen;

She was educated at Bryn Mawr College (A.B., 1910) and University of Pennsylvania (M.A., 1911). Boggs had financial means and accepted no salary.

Boggs was a special collaborator in visual instruction with the U.S. Bureau of Education, 1915–25; Traveling widely, Boggs was familiar with a multiple foreign languages, including, Arabic. She served as an educational representative in the U.S. of the government of Canada, Australia, Argentine, France, Great Britain, Japan, Bolivia, and others; associate director, department of public service, Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America, 1921–2; and as Councillor for Native Americans.

Awards and honors Order of the White Lion of Czechoslovakia Boggs received thanks of the U.S. Government and of various other nations, for constructive work in behalf of humanity.

Selected works Translator Belgian Schools for Crippled Soldiers (1918), by Leon de Paeuw, translated by A. Maris Boggs