Constance Rourke

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Constance Mayfield Rourke (1885-1941) was an American author and educator. She was born on November 14, 1885 in Cleveland, Ohio, and attended Sorbonne and Vassar College. She taught at Vassar from 1910 to 1915. She died March 29, 1941 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Rourke specialized in American popular culture. She wrote biographies of notable American figures, such as Davy Crockett, John James Audubon, and Charles Sheeler, as well as books exploring different components of American culture and its history. Among her most notable books is American Humor: A Study of the National Character, which was first published in 1931.