Harriet C. Frazier

the youngest of four children. Her brothers, Thomas A. and Robert C. Frazier, and her sister, Frances (Frazier) Emley, preceded her in death.

She was a student, teacher, and writer. She graduated from Mount de Chantal Academy in Wheeling, WV in 1952 and attended West Virginia University, Morgantown (1952-1954). She received her BA in English from Univ. of Colorado, Boulder (1957); MA in English from Univ. of California, Berkeley (1958); PhD in Renaissance English literature, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan (1967) and JD, School of Law, Univ. of Missouri-Kansas City (1974).

She taught English at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln (1958-60); Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (1960-65); Mills College, Oakland, CA (1965-66); Macomb County Community College, Warren, MI (1967), and University of Missouri-Kansas City (1967-1970). She taught law in the Criminal Justice Dept. at what was then CMSU, now University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg (1975-1997).

She wrote many book reviews for the Kansas City Star and several for New Letters Review of Books and Comparative Drama. She authored articles about both literary and legal subjects. She published a number of books: Shakespeare, A Syllabus (1960); A Babble of Ancestral Voices (1974), a study of an eighteenth century forgery of Shakespeare; Slavery and Crime in Missouri, 1773-1865; (2001); Runaway and Freed Missouri Slaves, 1764-1865 (2004); Death Sentences in Missouri, 1803-2005 (2006),· Lynchings in Missouri, 1803-1981 (2009); and Lynchings in Kansas, 1850s-1932 (2015).

Her memberships included: the Missouri Bar, the US Supreme Court Bar, Mount de Chantal Alumni Assoc., Overland Park Racquet Club, the United States Tennis Assoc., and the American Contract Bridge League.

Until she was 14 years old, she spent the entirety of all summers on a family farm in Adair County, Kentucky. There she began her love of animals and the outdoors. As a teenager, she learned to play tennis and bridge. As a resident of Kansas City, Missouri for more than 50 years, she walked her dogs thousands of miles in Loose Park and the Westport Roanoke-Karnes Blvd. area. She played tennis several times a week, including singles, well into her 80s. She was also a duplicate bridge player, Unit 131.

She is survived by three nieces, Bobi Frazier McConnell, Castlerock, CO, Margot Emley, Berkeley, CA, and Jane Emley, Richmond, CA; and a nephew, Michael Frazier, Franktown, CO.

Private services will be held at a later date. Contributions in her memory can be made to Guide Dogs for the Blind (donate.guidedogs.com) or the Dream Factory of Kansas City (kcdream.org).