Alice Sturgis was an author and parliamentarian, best known for writing the Sturgis Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure

The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure

The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure is a book of rules of order. It is the second most popular parliamentary authority in the United States after Robert's Rules of Order. It was first published in 1950...

. She was a practicing parliamentarian

Parliamentarian (consultant)

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 and consultant to national and international professional and business organizations. She taught at Stanford University

Stanford University

The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...

 and the University of California

University of California

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After her death, the American Institute of Parliamentarians

American Institute of Parliamentarians

The American Institute of Parliamentarians is a not-for-profit educational organization founded in 1958 for the advancement of parliamentary procedure. From a first-year membership of only 48 members, AlP has grown into a progressive association with active chapters and regions...

took over the preparation of new revisions to the Standard Code. Sturgis' name was removed from the title of the book at that time, but she remains listed as an author of the current edition. The book is the parliamentary authority for many organizations, especially in the fields of medicine, education, and libraries.

Editions of the Standard Code

• 1st edition, Sturgis Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure, 1950
• 2nd edition, Sturgis Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure, 1966
• 3rd edition HB, Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure, 1988
• 3rd edition PB, The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure, 1993
• 4th edition, The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure, 2001
• 5th edition, New Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure, 2011

Other works

• Textbook on Parliamentary Law, 1923, The Macmillan Company, with Alta B. Hall
• Learning Parliamentary Procedure, 1953, McGraw-Hill
• Your Farm Bureau, 1958, McGraw-Hill