Papers, 1941-2001 (inclusive).

Grimké, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879

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Angelina Emily Grimké Weld (born February 20, 1805, Charleston, South Carolina – died October 26, 1879, Hyde Park, Massachusetts), American abolitionist, political activist, women's rights advocate, and supporter of the women's suffrage movement. At one point she was the best known, or "most notorious," woman in the country. She and her sister, Sarah Moore Grimké, were considered the only notable examples of white Southern women abolitionists. The sisters lived together as adults, while Angelina...

Sasson, Jack Murad, 1941-

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Jack M. Sasson (born 1941) is the Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Jewish Studies and Hebrew Bible at Vanderbilt Divinity School. His research focuses primarily on Assyriology and Hebrew Scriptures, writing on the archives from eighteenth century BC found at Mari, Syria, by the Euphrates, near the modern-day Syria-Iraq border as well as on biblical studies....

Genovese, Eugene D., 1930-2012

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Eugene Dominic Genovese (1930-2014) was an American historian of the American South and American slavery. He was noted for bringing a Marxist perspective to the study of power, class and relations between planters and slaves in the South. His book, Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves Made (1974), won the Bancroft Prize. He later abandoned the Left and Marxism, and embraced traditionalist conservatism. Late in his career, he and his wife Betsey, whom he married in 1969 and who was also a sch...

Fox-Genovese, Elizabeth, 1941-2007

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Elizabeth Fox-Genovese was a feminist, author, and professor of women's studies and history who was known for her evolution from Marxist-leaning secularist to Roman Catholic and vocal presence in the conservative women's movement. While her early writings focused on French history and translations, Fox-Genovese later wrote extensively on southern women, slavery, and feminism. Fox-Genovese taught at University of Rochester (N.Y.), the State University of New York at Binghamton, and Emory Universi...

Sears, Roebuck and Company

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Sears, Roebuck and Co., commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in 1892, and reincorporated by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald in 1906. Formerly based at the Sears Tower in Chicago and currently headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, the operation began as a mail ordering catalog company and began opening retail locations in 1925. The first location was in Chicago, Illinois. In 2005, the...

Lerner, Gerda, 1920-2013

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Gerda Lerner was a historian and woman's history author; she also wrote poetry, fiction, theater pieces, screenplays, and an autobiography. She served as president of the Organization of American Historians and was a professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Lerner was one of the founders of the academic field of women's history. She played a key role in the development of women's history curricula and was involved in the development of degree programs in women's history....

Friedan, Betty, 1921-2006

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Betty Friedan was born Bettye Goldstein on February 4, 1921, in Peoria, Illinois, the daughter of Harry and Miriam (Horwitz) Goldstein. She attended Peoria public schools and graduated summa cum laude from Smith College in 1942. She continued her studies as a University fellow in psychology at the University of California, Berkeley (1943). In June 1947 she married Carl Friedan, an advertising executive; they had three children (Daniel, Jonathan, and Emily) and were divorced in May 1969. Fried...

Grimké, Sarah Moore, 1792-1873

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Even though Sarah Moore Grimké was shy, she often spoke in front of large crowds with her sister Angelina. The two sisters became the first women to speak in front of a state legislature as representatives of the American Anti-Slavery Society. They also became active writers and speakers for women’s rights. Their ideas were so different from most of the ideas in the community that people burned their writings and angry mobs protested their speeches. However, Grimké and her sister would not let t...

Howe, Florence

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Rich, Adrienne, 1929-2012

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Adrienne Cecile Rich, poet, author, feminist, and teacher, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 16, 1929, the daughter of Helen (Jones) and Arnold Rice Rich. She attended the Roland Park Country School in Baltimore, Md. (1938-47). A 1951 graduate of Radcliffe College, in that year she won the Yale Younger Poets Award with the publication of her first book, A Change of World . Following her studies at Oxford University (winter 1952-53), she traveled through Europe. The following de...

Kessler-Harris, Alice

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American Historical Association

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Painter, Nell Irvin

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Scholar, teacher, and writer in 19th- and 20th-century American and African American history who has taught at Harvard, Princeton, and the Universities of North Carolina and Pennsylvania. From the description of Nell Irvin Painter papers, 1793-2011 and undated, bulk 1876-2007. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 51907978 Painter earned a Harvard PhD in 1974. From the description of Harvard University and the Ku Klux Klan, 1923 / Nell Painter. April 13,...

American studies association

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Academic association organized in 1951 to encourage the interdisciplinary study of American culture and history. From the description of American Studies Association records, 1946-2005 (bulk 1965-2005). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71070285 ...

Tobias, Sheila.

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Feminist activist Sheila Tobias teaches politics and women's studies at the University of Arizona. A graduate of Radcliffe College, she earned her Ph.D. at Columbia University. She was a founding member of the National Organization for Women and one of the founders of the Women's Studies Program at Cornell University. From the description of [Speech] [videorecording]. 1994-10-18. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122522012 Sheila Tobias was one of the founders of the...

Davis, Natalie Zemon, 1928-....

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Buhle, Mari Jo, 1943-....

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Degler, Carl N.

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Clarenbach, Kathryn F.

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As director of continuing education at the University of Wisconsin, Clarenbach initiated projects to improve women's education and to widen job opportunities through apprenticeship and vocational programs. She was a co-founder and board member of the National Organization for Women, chair of the Wisconsin Governor's Commission on the Status of Women, and the first president of the National Association of Commissions for Women. Clarenbach also chaired the convening conference of the National Wome...

Janeway, Elizabeth

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Hareven, Tamara K. (Tamara Kern)

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Jordan, June, 1936-2002

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June Jordan was born in Harlem, New York on July 9, 1936. Jordan fostered a love of literature and writing poetry as a child. She attended Barnard College and University of Chicago. June Jordan married in 1955 and had one child. A poet, novelist, essayist, editor and children's author, Jordan published her first poetry collection, Who Look at Me, in 1969. Jordan was a visiting scholar/poet at many institutions, including MacAlester College, City College of the City University of New York, Univer...

Burstyn, Joan N.

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Lefkowitz, Mary R., 1935-....

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Reiter, Rayna R.

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Banner, Lois W.

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Hinding, Andrea

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Sicherman, Barbara.

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Hine, Darlene Clark

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African American professor, historian, college administrator, and published author in the field of African American history. From the description of Darlene Clark Hine papers, 1879-1996 and undated bulk 1950-1996. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 458632933 Feb. 7, 1947 Born Darlene Clark in Morley, Missouri, to Levester and Lottie Mae Clark 1968 ...

Keller, Evelyn Fox, 1936-....

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Reichert, Julia, 1950-

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Kronstein, Ilona.

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Harris, Rivkah

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Mitchell, Juliet, 1940-....

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Steinem, Gloria

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Author, editor, feminist. From the description of Reminiscences of Gloria Steinem : oral history, 1976. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122528716 Journalist; Feminist; Political activist; Co-founder, Ms magazine; Co-founder, Women's Action Alliance; Co-founder, Ms Foundation for Women; Co-founder, National Women's Political Caucus. Born 1934; graduated Smith College, 1956; received post-graduate 2 year fellowship to...

Gordon, Linda M.

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Linda Gordon was an associate professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. From the description of Student papers, 1976. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122336389 ...

University of Wisconsin--Madison

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Kerber, Linda K.

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Cook, Blanche Wiesen

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History professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. From the description of Research materials for The Declassified Eisenhower, 1945-1970, 1950-1958 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155488669 ...

Meyer, Sheldon.

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Association of Black Women Historians (U.S.)

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Norton, Mary Beth

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Morgan, Robin K., 1961-

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Radical feminist activist and poet. From the description of Portraits, n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 48633460 Robin Morgan is the author of many books, including Sisterhood is Powerful (1970) and Sisterhood is Global (1984). From the description of Papers, n.d. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007925 Feminist activist, author, poet, child star, and editor of MS. magazine. From the description of Robin Morgan ...

Dubois, Ellen Carol, 1947-

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Ellen C. DuBois (B.A., Wellesley College, 1968; Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1975) taught in the Department of American Studies at the State University of New York, Buffalo. From the description of Papers, 1972, 1988-1989 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122657081 ...

Antler, Joyce

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Lane, Ann J., 1931-....

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Hoff, Joan, 1937-....

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Angelou, Maya, 1928-2014

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Maya Angelou (b. Marguerite Annie Johnson, April 4, 1928, St. Louis, MO–d. May 28, 2014, Winston-Salem, NC) was an American poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and was credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She became a poet and writer after a series of occupations as a young adult, including fry cook, sex worker, nightclub dancer and performer, c...

Schmandt-Besserat, Denise.

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Denise Schmandt-Besserat is a professor emerita of Art and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She studies the art and archaeology of the ancient Near East. Her research has focused on the origin of writing and counting. From the description of Schmandt-Besserat, Denise, papers, 1953-2008. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 407115404 ...

Berkshire Conferences on the History of Women (1973-)

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The Berkshire Conferences on the History of Women (BCHW) are sponsored by the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians (BCHW), though many members of the BCWH do not specialize in women's history. From the guide to the Papers, 1974-2005, (Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute) ...

Cott, Nancy F.

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Nancy F. Cott was a professor of history at Yale and the author of the Grounding of Modern Feminism (1987). From the description of Letters, 1988-1991 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232008238 ...

Perry, Lewis, 1938-....

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Cooper, Jerrold S.

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Horowitz, Marianne Cline, 1945-

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Katz, Stanley Nider

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Feierman, Steven, 1940-....

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Coordinating Committee on Women in the Historical Profession

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Coordinating Committee on Women in the Historical Profession (CCWHP) was organized in December 1969 during the annual convention of the American Historical Association in Washington, D.C. In 1974 some members of the CCWHP organized the Conference Group on Women's History to deal specifically with issues related to women's history, while the CCWHP has focused on questions of professional status. From the description of Records, 1970-1979 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat rec...

Offen, Karen M.

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Merriam, Eve, 1916-1992

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American author and editor of children's and young adult books. From the description of Train leaves the station : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62685756 American children's author, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1916. Wrote several poetry books and picture books. She is well-known for her book, The inner city Mother Goose, which became a Bradway play. From the description of Papers, 1962-1975 (bulk: 1965-...

Terborg-Penn, Rosalyn

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Curti, Merle (Merle Eugene), 1897-1996

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Boyer, Paul S.

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Organization of American Historians. Meeting

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Bridenthal, Renate

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Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, inc.

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Clinton, Hillary Rodham.

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The address, given on the 30th anniversary of the Comer School Development Program at the Yale School of Medicine, was part of a symposium titled Child Development: The Foundation of Education. The symposium celebrated the Comer School Development program, established in 1968 by Dr. James Comer to promote collaboration among parents, educators and the community. From the description of Address by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton commemorating the Comer School Development Program, Sc...

Society of American Historians.

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Chafe, William Henry 1942-

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Professor of history at Duke University, Durham, N.C. From the description of William Henry Chafe Oral History Collection, 1933-1988 and undated. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32452447 ...

Stimpson, Catharine R., 1936-

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