Amalie M. Kass is an American historian.

She was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland

Baltimore

Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...

 where she attended Forest Park High School

Forest Park High School (Maryland)

Forest Park Senior High School is a four year, public high school in Baltimore, Maryland. Forest Park was established in 1924 as the Forest Park Junior-Senior High School. In 1932, the Forest Park Junior High School was moved and renamed the Garrison Junior High School.-Notable alumni: *Billy...

. She attended Wellesley College and graduated in 1949, with high honors in history and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa

Phi Beta Kappa Society

The Phi Beta Kappa Society is an academic honor society. Its mission is to "celebrate and advocate excellence in the liberal arts and sciences"; and induct "the most outstanding students of arts and sciences at America’s leading colleges and universities." Founded at The College of William and...

. She received her Masters in Education in 1963 from Boston University

Boston University

Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...

. She has two younger siblings, a brother Alfred H. Moses

Alfred H. Moses

Alfred H. Moses is an American attorney and diplomat who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Romania.Alfred Moses was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. After graduating from Baltimore City College , he attended Dartmouth College from which he received his B.A. degree in 1951...

 and a sister Claire Moses Lovett.

Author of two medical biographies

1. Midwifery and Medicine in Boston: Walter Channing, M.D., 1786-1876
2. Perfecting the World: The Life and Times of Thomas Hodgkin, MD (co-author)

Author of numerous journal articles and encyclopedic entries including

1. A Brief History of the Channing Laboratory
2. My brother preaches, I practice Walter Channing, M.D., Antebellum Obstetrician
3. Walter Channing Brief life of a nineteenth-century obstetrician 1786-1876

Professional Work

Associate Editor, Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences (1996)

Lecturer on the History of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Harvard Medical School

Harvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....

 (1991)

Research Associate, Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Harvard Medical School

Harvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....

 (1982)

History Teacher, Newton High School and Newton South High School

Newton South High School

Newton South High School is one of two public high schools in the city of Newton, Massachusetts, the other being Newton North.-Mission statement:Newton South High School, a community of students, parents, faculty, and staff,...

 (1963–1979)

Major Volunteer Activities

President of the Massachusetts Historical Society

Massachusetts Historical Society

The Massachusetts Historical Society is a major historical archive specializing in early American, Massachusetts, and New England history...

(2002 – ).

Lincoln Rural Land Foundation Trustee (200? - present)

Wellesley College Trustee (1992–2007)

President of the Women’s Institute for Housing and Economic Development