Sue Eakin was an American history professor at Louisiana State University of Alexandria.
17 Facts About Sue Eakin
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Sue Eakin received a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship and was made a Fellow of American Association of University Women.
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Myrtle Sue Eakin Lyles was born on December 7,1918, to Mary Myrtle Guy and Samuel Pickels Lyles.
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Sue Eakin was born just north of Cheneyville, Louisiana, in Lyles or Loyd Bridge.
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Sue Eakin graduated from Lecompte High School, as well as Louisiana State University.
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Sue Eakin began commuting to LSU at the age of 42 to earn her master's degrees.
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Sue Eakin was awarded a fellowship by the American Association of University Women and received a master's degree in history from LSU in 1964.
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Sue Eakin received a doctorate in history in 1980 from the University of Southwestern Louisiana.
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Sue Eakin wrote for Alexandria Daily Town Talk, the New Orleans Times-Picayune, and the column "Bunkie Main Street" for the Opelousas Daily World.
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Sue Eakin contributed to the History of St Landry Parish in 1955, edited by Ruth Fontenot.
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Sue Eakin began her career as a history professor at the Louisiana State University of Alexandria in 1965.
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Sue Eakin was particularly interested in history of plantation life.
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Sue Eakin co-authored the revised version of the book with Joseph Logsdon of the University of New Orleans that was published in 1968.
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Sue Eakin worked to save the Edwin Epps House that belonged to Northup's enslaver.
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Sue Eakin co-founded La Commission des Avoyelles and authored and edited Avoyelles Crossroads.
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Sue Eakin wrote other books and text books about the history of Louisiana, including Louisiana: The Land and Its People the she wrote with her sister, Manie Culberton.
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Sue Eakin died at her home in Bunkie, Louisiana, on September 17,2009.