Ann Uhry Abrams Family Papers

Ann Uhry Abrams was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 6, 1934 to Alene Fox Uhry (1909-2002, a native of Atlanta) and Ralph K. Uhry (1904-1955, a native of Plaquemine, Louisiana). Her brother is the playwright Alfred Uhry (b. 1936), whose character Daisy Werthan of the play "Driving Miss Daisy" was inspired by their grandmother, Lena Guthman Fox (1877-1973). Ann went to Druid Hills High School, and attended Sarah Lawrence College and Georgia State University, at the latter receiving a B.A. and an M.A. in history. She also holds a doctorate in interdisciplinary studies from the Institute of Liberal Arts at Emory University. Between 1975 and 1995, she taught art history full-time at Spelman College, and part-time at Georgia State University, Agnes Scott College, and Emory University. In 1980-81, she was a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, and returned to Washington for a short-term Smithsonian research grant in 1987. She was married to Edward M. Abrams (1927-2007) until his death, and they had three children, Alan Abrams (b. 1955), Laurie Abrams Lindey (b. 1957), and J. Andrew (Andy) Abrams (b. 1960).