Frances Sergeant Childs (April 17, 1901 – June 11, 1988)[1] was an American historian who was a founding faculty member of Brooklyn College.
[1] Her maternal grandfather was the painter John La Farge.
[1][2] Childs began her career in education as an instructor in history at Hunter College (1928–1930).
[1] In 1930, Childs was a founding faculty member of Brooklyn College, where she taught history for many years, beginning as an instructor and rising to full professor.
[1] As an historian, Childs specialized in Franco-American relations in the 18th and 19th centuries.