Generations of Women Historians: Within and Beyond the Academy

Generations of Women Historians: Within and Beyond the Academy

by HildaSmith (Editor), Melinda Zook (Editor), Melinda Zook (Editor), Hilda L. Smith (Editor), Hilda Smith (Editor), Melinda S. Zook (Editor)

Synopsis

This collection focuses on generations of early women historians, seeking to identify the intellectual milieu and professional realities that framed their lives. It moves beyond treating them as simply individuals and looks to the social and intellectual forces that encouraged them to study history and, at the same time, would often limit the reach and define the nature of their study.
This collection of essays speaks to female practitioners of history over the past four centuries that published original histories, some within a university setting and some outside. By analysing the values these early women scholars faced, readers can understand the broader social values that led women historians to exist as a unit apart from the career path of their male colleagues.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 338
Edition: 1st ed. 2018
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 10 Aug 2018

ISBN 10: 3319775677
ISBN 13: 9783319775678

Author Bio
Hilda L. Smith is Emerita Professor of History at the University of Cincinnati, USA.
Melinda S. Zook is Professor of History at Purdue University, USA.