Cecelia Kenyon

Cecelia M. Kenyon (1923 – January 1990) was an American political scientist. She was a professor at Smith College from 1948 until 1984, where from 1969 onwards she was the Charles N. Clark Professor of Government. Her theses on the American Revolution and the early American federalists emphasized the role of ideology in the creation of the American state and influenced historiography on the early United States.

Life and career Kenyon was born in 1923 She attended Oberlin College. This was an early study on the role of ideology in the American Revolution, which departed from previous assumptions that the Revolution had been mainly the result of material conditions. in January 1990. "Republicanism and Radicalism in the American Revolution: An Old-fashioned Interpretation", The William and Mary Quarterly (1962) The Antifederalists, editor (1966)