Born January 20, 1942, San Francisco, California. In 1967, Janet Nolan earned her B.A. in history from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. From 1967 to 1976 Nolan taught eighth grade American History as well as high school English. She then continued her education at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, Rhode Island, where she earned her M.A. in History in 1978. She received her Ph. D. in History from the University of Connecticut in 1986. As a teaching assistant at the University of Connecticut, she taught courses in Women's History, Western Civilization, and Modern European History. Her dissertation, Ourselves Alone: Women's Emigration from Ireland, 1885-1920, was published in 1989. It chronicles the journey that Irish women made during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to the United States. In 1987, Janet Nolan earned the position of Assistant Professor of History at Loyola University Chicago. As part of the faculty Nolan taught Introductory Western Civilization, Oral History, and Modern European history classes. Later in her career, Nolan taught Irish History and Irish American History classes. Nolan has been named "One of the Three Most Effective Teachers at Loyola University" in 1990-1998 and was named "One of the Faculty Members Who Most Inspired Them to become Historians" in 1992. She received other honors for her academic work and has given countless talks at conferences and seminars. She published work in the Irish Studies Review, New Hibernia Review, and Eire-Ireland, among others, as well as published books for Notre Dame University Press and University Press of Kentucky. Dr. Nolan retired from Loyola University Chicago in 2009.
From the description of Janet A. Nolan, Ph. D. papers, 1976-2008. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 658808843
