found: Vermont Women's History Project WWW site, Jan. 24, 2013: Lilian Baker Carlisle p. (Lilian Matarose Baker Carlisle was born in Meridian, Mississippi, on January 1, 1912. She was Director of Research and Collections at Shelburne Museum. She co-founded the Chittenden County Historical Society. Carlisle represented Burlington in the Vermont House of Representatives in 1969-1970. Returning to college, she received her B.A. from UVM in 1981, followed by an M.A. in 1986 and an honorary Ph.D. in 2005. She was a member of the Center for Research on Vermont. Carlisle died on July 28, 2006 at 94 years of age. Her primary residence was in Burlington, Vermont)