Mabel Deutrich

Mabel E. Deutrich
Born	Burns, Wisconsin
Died	June 4, 1988 Santa Cruz, California
Alma mater	La Crosse State Teachers College
Occupation	Archivist

Mabel E. Deutrich (- June 4, 1988) had a 29-year career as a government archivist and served as Assistant Archivist for the Office of the National Archive (predecessor of the National Archives and Records Administration) from 1975 to 1979. She was a specialist on the American Revolutionary War, who inventoried War Department collections of Revolutionary War records. She wrote a book on General Fred C. Ainsworth. She was particularly active in researching the training and compensation of men and women archivists. After her retirement, she wrote a history of American women, Clio was a Woman: Studies in the History of American Women.

Biography

Mabel E. Deutrich was born in Burns, Wisconsin and graduated from La Crosse State Teachers College (now known as the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse) in 1942.

Professional surveys

Deutrich carried out a study of individual training and the rewards received by men and women archivists, entitled "Women in Archives: Ms. versus Mr. Archivist" in 1973 before responsibility for enforcing the Equal Pay Act and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act were transferred from the Labor Department to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). She carried out a major review of the archival profession in 1979, published in 1980 as "The Society of American Archivists: Survey of the Archival Profession—1979".

Published works

• Deutrich, Mabel E. (1962). Struggle for Supremacy: The Career of General Fred C. Ainsworth. Washington, D.C.: Public Affairs Press.
• Deutrich, Mabel E.; Purdy, Virginia Cardwell (1980). Clio was a Woman: Studies in the History of American Women. Washington: Howard University Press. ISBN 9780882582375.

Death

Mabel E. Deutrich died of cancer in Santa Cruz, California on June 4, 1988.