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Mavis Biesanz
Mavis Biesanz ''Mavis Hiltunen Biesanz'' (July 27, 1919 Vermilion Lake Township, Minnesota〔The Tico Times, March 7, 2008, page W3〕 – February 21, 2008 Escazú, Costa Rica)〔 was a Finnish-American writer and sociologist. Many of her books were about Central American countries, particularly Costa Rica. She lived in Costa Rica from 1971 until her death in 2008.
==Life==
Mavis Biesanz graduated from Iowa State University in the summer of 1940,〔Mavis Hiltunen Biesanz: Helmi Mavis, a Finnish American Girlhood. book. North Star Press of St. Cloud, 1989.〕 summa cum laude grade and Phi Beta Kappa honors.〔 She financed her studies by waiting tables, scrubbing floors, babysitting, and washing dishes.〔(Amazon.com: Profile for Mavis Biesanz )〕 On graduation, she married John Biesanz (b. 8/24/1913, Winona, MN),〔(Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Page Outline Descendant Tree: Descendants of Joseph Bisantz )〕 with whom she lived until John's death in 1995.〔 John was a sociology and anthropology professor, who taught sociology during his career, including Tulane, Pittsburgh, and Wayne State University.〔John & Mavis Biesanz Biesanz: Costa Rican Life. book. San Jose, Costa Rica: Libreria Lehmann, 1944 (fourth edition 1976)〕
Biesanz made a career as a writer. In addition, she has worked as an English teacher.〔(Costa Rica Living Profile - Susan Interviews Accomplished Author of The Ticos )〕 She wrote two widely used sociology textbooks with her husband, and Five others were written about Costa Rican and Panameñan sociology. They had two sons, Richard and Barry, and daughter, Katja.
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