Evans, Sara M. (Sara Margaret), 1943-

Sara M. Evans is a history professor at the University of Minnesota.

From the guide to the Sara M. Evans Papers, 1989, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc])

Sara M. Evans is a Regents Professor Emeritus in the history department at the University of Minnesota. She specializes in American social and women's history of the 20th century.

From the description of Sara M. Evans papers, 1959-2005. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 570640531

Sara Evans was born in South Carolina in 1943, and lived in Texas before receiving her bachelor's degree in history from Duke University in 1966. She earned a master's degree in political science from the University of Chicago, and graduated from the University of North Carolina with a doctorate in American history. She spent her academic career teaching and researching women's history at the University of Minnesota from 1976 until her retirement in 2008. Her books include Personal Politics: The Roots of Women's Liberation in the Civil Rights Movement and the New Left (1979, 1980); Free Spaces: The Sources of Democratic Change in America (1986); Born for Liberty: A History of American Women (1989); Wage Justice: Comparable Worth and the Paradox of Technocratic Reform (1989); Journeys That Opened Up the World: Women, Student Christian Movements (2003), and Tidal Wave: How Women Changed America at Century's End (2003).

From the guide to the Sara M. Evans Papers, 1959-2005, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)