Winter 2003 Volume 34, Issue 4
THE CCWH NEWSLETTER
WWW.THECCWH.ORG NEWSLETTER FOR THE COORDINATING COUNCIL FOR WOMEN IN HISTORY
M ESSAGE FROM CO-PRESIDENT, EILEEN BORIS
Women’s history and sist, especially questions sur- women’s historians are every- rounding timing of tenure where. We find ourselves in clocks and biological clocks, INSIDE THIS ISSUE: public and private institutions, having a life and forging a ca- small and big, in departments reer. The job market again ap- of history and in interdiscipli- AHA-CCWH panels 2-3 pears constricting. With the nary and area studies programs. cohorts of the late 1970s and Many of us teach in Women’s early 1980s—who filled many Studies or Ethnic Studies. We of the first jobs in Women’s Co-President’s State- 4 are in all fields. Does success ment History—still going strong, will mean that we no longer need hiring committees break women-positive spaces and Public History 5-6 through that old saw, “well, we feminist organizations? Is it already have a women’s histo- time to pack up Committees on rian so we can’t possibly hire Striking at Yale 9 Women, regional groups of someone writing on women, women historians, and the th gender, sexualities, for our 20 Eileen Boris, CCWH Co-President CCWH itself? Is our work century political historian or Items of Interest 10 done? our early modern position”? With new forms of political other area studies programs, After more than thirty years, backlash, such as President what does our mission to pro- Conference 11-13 the activities of CCWH should Bush’s name calling against mote the status of women mean Announcements be transformed. But for each “revisionist” history, attacks on today? With affirmative action new cohort of graduate students academic freedom and cutting still under assault, restrictions Prelinger Application 14-15 and assistant professors moving of funds to Middle Eastern and (Continued on page 5) up the ranks, some issues per-
A MATTER OF POLICY: CREATING A FAMILY- F RIENDLY ACADEMIC WORKPLACE BY MAUREEN E. REED Due to a printing error, the ending of Reed's last article was What makes a successful job. Teaching, research, and leave policy all the more neces- left out of the fall newsletter. The parental leave policy? In the writing supposedly require less sary. Without such policies, as final sentence should have read: academic workplace, some as- face time than other profes- the AAUP pointed out in its sume a policy should be as sional careers; this aspect of 2001 “Statement of Principles “Given such comparisons, our open as possible, allowing room university careers leads some to on Family Responsibility,” uni- hypothetical job candidate might for individual negotiation with believe that those who want versities will remain places that not only reconsider her choice of departments about modified parental leave should negotiate can “flexibly” shut out (or fail employer, but also her choice of a teaching and scholarship expec- the particulars on their own. to promote) those who seek career.” tations for new parents. This balance between work and fam- “better left unsaid” approach Actually, “flexibility,” one ily life. “Institutional policies Editor Karol K. Weaver would stems from the belief that col- of many distinctive aspects of may be easier to change than like to thank Maureen Reed for her lege teaching is a flexible ca- the academic workplace, makes institutional cultures,” the excellent series on parental leave reer, one which individuals a consistent, enforceable, and AAUP acknowledged, but treat as a calling more than a carefully designed parental (Continued on page 3) Page 2 The CCWH Newsletter
TRANSNATIONAL FEMINISM AND SEXUAL POLITICS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA: A CCWH CO-SPONSORED PANEL AT THE AHA BY JANET AFARY East, Transcaucasia, and Africa bate about the role of women 1980s. Initially there was a went through a major transfor- and men in modern society. We great deal of outrage and resent- mation in the course of the 20th shall see that cinema played an ment toward Western feminists century. important role in transmitting who had raised the issue, rather and transforming transnational than focus on many other sig- In Iran this change took place models of women's work, vir- nificant concerns such as ra- as result of the Constitutional tue, and social participation. cism, colonialism, imperialism, Revolution of 1906. Many tra- Sometimes the result was posi- and poverty of Third World ditional sexual practices such as tive, such as the greater interest countries. However, in more child marriage, polygyny, and that developed in companion- recent years African women Professor Janet Afary , Outgoing CCWH status-defined homosexuality ate marriages, other times the have formed their own NGOs Co-President came under severe attack. In portrayal of graphic sexuality and the ban on FGM has be- particular the accusation of ho- resulted in a backlash with re- came one of their key targets. This panel will explore the mosexuality became a charged gard to the status of women. In 1999, and as a result of these impact of a transnational dis- political weapon, used to berate activities, FGM was banned in course of feminism in the Third major political figures. The practice of Female Senegal, Burkina Faso, the World. We shall see that as a Genital Mutilation (FGM) be- Central African Republic, result of modern Western influ- In French-ruled Syria and came a heated topic of discus- Guinea, Togo, Egypt, and the ences, the proscribed sexual Lebanon, Hollywood films cre- sion in international women's practice is likewise being chal- norms of people of Middle ated a highly controversial de- conferences in the 1970s and lenged in Kenya and Sudan.
H ISTORIANS AS ACTIVISTS: AN AHA ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION BY FELICIA KORNBLUH Critics often bemoan the agendas together with the most modest in their claims. The served as federal government distance between the academy pressing contemporary con- scholars will consider the rela- officials, managers of electoral and contemporary politics. cerns. They have worked on tionship between our typical campaigns, advisors to contem- Many historians wonder college and university campuses, self-effacement and the argu- porary social movements, au- whether – and how – our re- in community social move- mentative certitude demanded thors of important legal briefs, search can inform important ments, political campaigns, by legal briefs, movement mani- advocacy journalists, lobbyists, controversies in our own time. court cases, and elsewhere to festos, and even journalistic and participants in public dem- But historians in fact participate bridge the gap between the acad- writing on issues of contempo- onstrations. Their scholarship actively in a wide range of con- emy and the rest of the world. rary concern. has covered such issues as legis- temporary political and social lative achievements of the Sec- movements. The scholars The discussion will center on The scholars who have ond Wave women’s movement, (Felicia Kornbluh, Thomas J. the connections between schol- agreed to participate have African-American civil rights Sugrue, Lisa Duggan, Cynthia arly and political work, and also worked on issues of social wel- groups through the 1960s, the Harrison, Mary Frances Berry) the tensions between them. His- fare, labor organizing, affirma- interactions between local gov- who will speak in this special torians are not only hesitant to tive action in the university, les- ernments and white anti- “round-table” discussion have proclaim themselves experts on bian and gay rights, African- integration activism, and the all worked in a range of con- the present time, but they tend American civil rights, and immi- racial and gendered dimensions texts to bring their scholarly to be careful, qualified, and gration reform. They have of U.S. legal history.
T HE CCWH AT THE AHA The CCWH has planned an 9:30-11:30 AM: Session 1, joint 5:30-7:30 PM: CCWH Reception, the Journal of Women’s History exciting array of activities for the with the AHA Professional Di- open to all meeting participants, Tells Us About Where We Are 2004 AHA Annual Convention vision and the AHA Committee Marriot, Wilson Suite A. Now” in Washington D.C. for Graduate Students. Inter- viewing in the Job Market in the Saturday, January 10 2:30-4:30 PM: Session 4, Histori- Thursday, January 8 Twenty-First Century, Marriot, 9:30-11:30 AM: Session 3, ans as Activists: A Roundtable Dis- 5:00-7:00 PM: CCWH Board Meet- Marriot Ballroom Salon 1. Roundtable on Preserving U.S. cussion, Marriot Collidge Room. ing , Marriot, Room 8217, Lobby Women’s Sites: An Overview, Mar- Level. 2:30-4:30 PM: Session 2, with riot, Coolidge Room. Sunday, January 11 the AHA. Domestic Insecurity: 11:00-1:00 PM: Session 5, joint Friday, January 9 Revisiting Red Scare Politics in the 12:15-1:45: CCWH Awards with the AHA, Transnational 7:30 AM-11:30 PM: Graduate United States, 1930s-60s, Marriot , Luncheon Professor Leila J. Feminism and Sexual Politics in the Student Drop-in, Marriot, Room Delaware Suite B Rupp (UC, Santa Barbara) will Middle East and Africa, Marriott, 8228, Lobby Level. speak on “Confessions of a Harding Room. ’Journal Girl’ or What Editing Volume 34, Issue 4 Page 3 DOMESTIC INSECURITY: REVISITING RED SCARE POLITICS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1930S-1960S: A CCWH CO-SPONSORED PANEL AT THE AHA BY LANDON STORRS In explaining why domestic A recent wave of Cold War Red scares erupted in varying gest that defenders of a tottering anticommunism, or “that ten- scholarship has drawn on newly forms at different moments in gender hierarchy also intensified dency to espy a red enemy accessible Soviet sources to res- different places, and compara- anticommunist crusades. Finally, within,” has been a such promi- urrect the view that tive studies reveal much about Stacy Braukman reminds us that nent theme of American politics, “McCarthyism,” for all its ex- their roots and life cycles. Mi- red scares continued in the South the distinguished British histo- cesses, was a legitimate response chael Heale finds that in large well after they had waned else- rian Michael J. Heale suggests to a “real and present danger” industrial cities, fundamentalist where. Her study of the Florida that American diversity made posed by the Communist Party reactions against a “secular, bu- Legislative Investigative Commit- defining and enforcing shared USA and Soviet espionage. The reaucratizing and pluralistic or- tee finds that in the 1960s, the values of “Americanism” an papers presented here, however, der” fed red scare politics. Anti- focus of anticommunist activities attractive tool for strengthening suggest that understanding red communist crusades erupted was fighting sexual “deviance”— the social fabric. But patriotism scare politics purely as a func- with particular intensity where chiefly by hunting down homo- may divide as well as unite, tion of communist activity levels entrenched regimes were threat- sexuals and pornographers, Heale observes. This panel ex- oversimplifies anticommunist ened by changes in the class, whose immoral activities alleg- plores the role of urban, gender, motivations and methods and religious, ethnic or racial order. edly seduced adolescents and and sexual conflicts in fanning understates the costs of their Landon Storrs examines charges made them susceptible to subver- the flames of anticommunism campaigns. of communism made against sive ideologies. from the late 1930s into the women in government to sug- early 1960s.
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(Continued from page 1) vidual faculty members have “evens the playing field and pro- contradicting workplace expecta- clearly, policy is the place to arranged their leaves, thus serv- vides for a consistent practice tions by “opting” for parenting start. ing as a “source book” for oth- throughout campus.” While the rather than prestige, often seeking ers. provost’s office guarantees that part-time jobs to accommodate Policies that present options faculty members receive one the demands of parenting. to employees, while also holding Concerns about department- quarter off from teaching and an entire university to a com- level negotiations also brought one quarter at approximately While many, if not most, pro- mon standard, hold the most about a change in leave policies half-time, Singh points out that fessors cannot afford the sort of potential for progress. Profes- at the University of California at departments and individuals can choices that Belkin’s subjects sors at the four campuses of the Davis. In January 2003, the arrange the affected professor’s make, her conclusions about the University of Colorado negoti- Provost’s office there instituted schedule so that it is most waning appeal of traditional ca- ated a leave policy that, in the additional leave benefits after a workable for everyone. As coor- reer culture certainly implicate words of Myra Rich, the Chair campus-wide committee found dinator of the new program, academia. “Women started this of the History Department at the that some faculty members were Singh ensures that all faculty conversation about life and work- Denver campus, allows new unable to take more child bear- members know about their right -a conversation that is slowly parents to either “‘bank’ courses, ing paid leave than the six weeks to use it and provides a common coming to include men,” Belkin negotiate a swap of teaching for provided by University of Cali- language and set of options for writes. “Sanity, balance and a some other activity that would fornia system-wide policies. For its participants. new definition of success, it help the department, or take a larger departments, extending seems, just might be contagious. semester’s leave at half pay. We this leave and/or supplementing Although such policies apply And instead of women being also have a provision that allows it with reduced teaching was not only to full-time tenure-track forced to act like men, men are people to stop the tenure clock a problem. However, as relayed faculty members, a university’s being freed to act like women. twice, i.e., for two babies, by Binnie Singh, Director of willingness to commit to such Because women are willing to whether or not they actually Faculty Relations in UC Davis's programs does show how uni- leave, men are more willing to take a leave.” This system-wide Office of the Provost, “Some versity culture can change. Still, leave, too--the number of married policy took five long years of smaller departments didn’t have one of the greatest challenges men who are full-time caregivers research, drafting, and negotia- enough faculty members to universities and professors will to their children has increased 18 tion, but as Rich points out, it cover teaching for those who encounter in the years to come percent.” Given such statistics, allows “a fairly well-defined were on leave due to childbirth will arise when parents seek bet- questions about universities’ pa- array of choices so that people or could not afford to hire re- ter opportunities for combining rental leave policies may only be don’t have to invent solutions placement lecturers.” work and family responsibilities the start of a much longer conver- independently each time,” thus beyond the earliest months of a sation about the potential for a relieving both leave-takers and Now, rather than taking the child’s life. Lisa Belkin’s recent truly family-friendly academic department chairs of more risk that such departments New York Times Sunday Maga- workplace. stressful interchanges. A web- would discourage leave, the pro- zine cover story, “The Opt-Out site featuring the policy also in- vost’s office funds replacements, Revolution,” attests that many cludes descriptions of how indi- which, according to Singh, American career women are Page 4 The CCWH Newsletter
CO-PRESIDENT STATEMENT FROM CHERYL JOHNSON-ODIM
I am honored to be American Council of Learned entered City College of New one. nominated for co-President Societies, the Illinois Humani- York in 1966 I was majoring in of the Coordinating Council ties Council, and the African Spanish, after a two- year hiatus One of the things I hope to for Women in History Studies Association will be for political work, and a move bring to the co-Presidency of (CCWH). Though I was beneficial in my potential role to the Midwest, I graduated the organization is an interna- involved in the organization as co-President in terms of from Youngstown State Uni- tional perspective and experi- in the past I have not been enlarged networking and ad- versity (part of the Ohio State ence. Certainly others have active in recent years and ministrative experience in University system) in 1972 with brought one before me and I look forward with great en- scholarly organizations. a major in history and went on hope to sustain and help to thusiasm to renewed en- to earn a doctorate in history strengthen CCWH’s commit- gagement in its future. Women’s history has been from Northwestern University ment to the promotion of his- However, I have been re- at the center of my academic in 1978. During my academic torical studies of women inter- cently active in the Ameri- career both in terms of profes- career both as a student and as nationally and to working with can Historical Association sional service and publications. a professional historian I have international organizations like (AHA). I served on the I was one of the founding continued to be involved in po- CCWH and with women histo- AHA Program Committee members (and a former co- litical work. I believe that given rians of other nations. As well, for the 1995 meeting and for Convener) of the Women’s the current state of the profes- I hope to continue to strengthen the past three years have Caucus of the African Studies sion, not to mention that of the the organization’s commitment been a member of the Association (ASA), and the world, that those of us who do to promotion of the histories of AHA’s Joan Kelly Memo- ASA’s National Program Com- women’s history or even those women underrepresented in the rial Prize Committee (for mittee Chair for the 2002 an- of us who are women histori- profession and in historical the best book on women’s nual meeting. I was also one ans, are inherently engaged in studies. I also hope to work to history or feminist theory), of the founding members of the the political work of making increase our role in depicting this year serving as its chair- Association of Black Women change. women’s history not only with person. I have also served Historians. I served on the the written word, but in film, on the Program Committee editorial board of the National Though our ultimate goal is museum and historical society for the Berkshire Confer- Women’s Studies Association to integrate the study of women exhibitions, theatrical produc- ence on Women’s History. Journal and continue to serve and gender (and for that matter tions and the like—forms that I am excited at the prospect on the editorial board of the race and class) into historical make history easily accessible of re-activating my involve- Journal of Women’s History. I studies, there is currently still a across communities and genera- ment in the CCWH and of have also co-edited special col- need for organizing around is- tions. bringing my experiences in lections of both journals. sues of women in the historical women’s history and in profession and making sure that There is much work yet to other networks to bear on I came to the historical pro- historical content, whether in a be done and the CCWH, as a the position of co-President fession as a political activist in publication, a conference, an strong and well-respected en- of the CCWH. Other high- anti-racist, anti-sexist, and anti- exhibition or a curriculum and tity, is well-placed to help de- lights of my professional colonial struggles. In the mid - a faculty, does not discriminate fine twenty-first century agen- service, including but not 1960s I began to recognize the against or ignore the roles and das for women’s history and limited to service on the powerful role of history in presence of women. The women in the historical profes- Board of Directors of the shaping the present. When I CCWH’s mission is still a vital sion.
BALLOT FOR CCWH CO-PRESIDENT:
Circle one:
CHERYL JOHNSON-ODIM
OTHER: (Please write in your nomination)______
Send completed ballots to: CCWH Executive Director Jennifer Scanlon Women’s Studies Program Bowdoin College 7100 College Station Brunswick, ME 04011 Volume 34, Issue 4 Page 5
P UBLIC HISTORY BY MARLA MILLER This issue’s Public History Sarah A. Leavitt of the Office of tute for Child Health and Hu- guest column is from Debbie National Institutes of Health man Development (NICHD) Ann Doyle of the American His- History, will be unveiled in the on the campus of the National torical Association (see page 6). coming months. "A Thin Blue Institutes of Health in Bethesda, The AHA is devoting significant Line: The History of the Preg- Maryland in the early 1970s. energy these days to developing nancy Test Kit" will go online in Included on the website will be new ways to serve historians December 2003 to mark the excerpts from interviews with working outside traditional col- 25th anniversary of the wide- two of the scientists involved in lege and university settings. In spread introduction of the home that research, Drs. Judith Vaitu- the next issue of the CCWH pregnancy test (1978-2003). The kaitis and Glenn Braunstein. newsletter, watch for a report exhibit can be found at the web- The web exhibit also features a from Linda Shopes, chair of the site of the Office of NIH History historical timeline of pregnancy AHA Task Force on Public His- at history.nih.gov (click on testing, and technical explana- Marla Miller, Assistant Professor of tory. The AHA has extended "exhibits and galleries"). As tions of what the "pregnancy History at University of Massachu- the work of the task force, ap- Leavitt notes, “pregnancy tests hormone" hCG does and how setts Amherst pointed in January 2001 and are as universal as pregnancy, the radioimmunoassay works. charged with “identifying ways but only relatively recently has a Illustrated throughout with the AHA can more effectively sensitive, accurate, and quick photographs of the researchers, George Mason University, "A address the interests and con- test been available nationwide advertisements for pregnancy Thin Blue Line" will offer visi- cerns of public historians both for individual women to use in tests from the 1970s and 1980s, tors the chance to anonymously within the Association and at the privacy of their homes. The and images of the earliest preg- answer some basic questions large, as well as ways of deepen- test hit drugstore shelves in the nancy test kits, the web site also about their own experiences ing an understanding of and ap- late 1970s, at a time when the explores the cultural relevance with the pregnancy tests. Sur- preciation for the activities of sexual revolution coincided with of the pregnancy tests through vey answers will be available on public historians within the pro- both legal abortion and im- television shows and advertise- the site and will become part of fession to allow the committee proved prenatal care, giving ments of the past few decades. the living exhibit.” to implement some of the ideas women more reasons to diag- they have developed over the nose a pregnancy as early as A highlight of the website The Office of NIH History, past year.” (see http://www. possible. In 1978, then, the preg- will be the opportunity for visi- collects, displays, and interprets theaha.org/info/public.html). nancy test launched a ‘private tors to help write the history of the history of the intramural Meanwhile, as Debbie’s contri- little revolution’ of its own, as the home pregnancy test. As program of the National Insti- bution makes clear, the upcom- an early advertisement noted. curator Leavitt observes, tutes of Health, an agency of ing annual meeting will be This web exhibit is the first of its “missing from historical ac- the U.S. Department of Health chock full of sessions addressing kind to explore the history of counts are the voices of the mil- and Human Services. For more a variety of issues of interest to one of the most popular home lions of women who have taken information please contact As- this constituency. healthcare products in Amer- this test since it became widely sociate Historian & Curator ica.” available. In an exciting col- Sarah Leavitt at leavitts@od. I would also like to use this laboration with the ECHO pro- nih.gov. issue’s column to alert you to The exhibit considers re- ject (Exploring and Collecting some especially exciting public search leading to the introduc- History Online; http://echo. history on the web. A landmark tion of the home pregnancy test gmu.edu/) at the Center for on-line exhibit, developed by conducted at the National Insti- History and New Media at
CO-PRESIDENT BORIS, CONTINUED
(Continued from page 1) vance female historians and vited lecture or from reading greater participation in the on reproductive rights being en- women’s history in all our diver- book manuscripts so we can raise IFRWH, for which we are the acted, and public policies that sities? Of course, CCWH will the amount of our scholarships US representative and on increase inequality, again, I ask, continue supporting women’s and insure that the organization whose board I sit as the News- what is the role of CCWH? history and female historians runs smoothly. Renew your letter Editor. Please see page through AHA sessions, the membership and recruit new 13 for the call for papers for I invite you to meet with graduate student drop-in room, members. Volunteer for commit- 2005 meeting in Sydney. To- CCWH officers at the AHA, our gatherings at the AHA for tees. And think big—new initia- gether we can advance women OAH, and elsewhere. We want drinks and lunch, and our tives can be done. Possible pro- in the historical profession as to hear from you, especially prizes. But to continue as a vital jects include: amicus briefs, well as the histories of women, from graduate students and new organization we need your dues greater coordination with other gender, and sexualities from Ph.D.s. What are your needs and your energy! To this end, women’s history groups, promo- feminist and women centered and desires for this organiza- we invite more senior members tion of journals through sponsor- perspectives. I look forward to tion? How can we together ad- to pledge the fees from one in- ing sessions at the AHA, and speaking with you soon! Page 6 The CCWH Newsletter
AHA SESSIONS OF INTEREST TO PUBLIC HISTORIANS BY DEBBIE ANN DOYLE
For both practicing and the Future,” from 12:15-1:45 and “September 11, 2001: Col- potential public historians, pm in the Marriott’s Mary- lection, Exhibition, and Educa- the American Historical land Suite C. The TFPH, the tion” (69), sponsored by the Association’s 118th Annual National Museum of Ameri- AHA’s Teaching Division. Meeting will offer opportu- can History, the National The TFPH and the Teaching nities to network with col- Council on Public History Division will co-sponsor an leagues, hear about new (NCPH), and the Society for offsite session on “The City research, and contribute to Historians in the Federal Museum of Washington, D.C.: an ongoing discussion about Government (SHFG) will Serving and Creating Commu- the place of public history in sponsor a reception for public nity” (124). the association and in the historians and their colleagues profession. The AHA’s in the Coolidge Room of the The National Museum of Task Force on Public His- Marriott Wardman Park on American History will host a tory (TFPH) invites all col- Saturday, January 10 from series of sessions on “Armed leagues, including public 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Forces Interactions with and academic historians, to American Science and Tech- discuss the future of public Several scheduled sessions nology: From the Revolution Century” (1), which will reflect history within the AHA on focus on public history. to the Twenty-First Century,” the range of careers open to Saturday, January 10, from (Session numbers are listed in in NMAH’s Carmichael Audi- professional historians. The 12:30 to 2 p.m. in the Mar- parentheses below; for details torium. On Friday, sessions session is sponsored by the Pro- riott’s Maryland Suite A. about time and place, please will focus on “Life Sciences fessional Division, the Commit- The task force was formed consult the annual meeting and the Armed Forces” (31) tee for Graduate Students, and to explore ways the AHA program at www.theaha.org/ and “Government Support for CCWH. “The Job Hunt: A can better address the inter- annual.) On Friday, January Military Technological Innova- Roundtable” (34), a session ests and concerns of public 9, there will be a presidential tion” (32). A reception Friday sponsored by the Professional historians, and will outline session on “Presenting His- evening from 4:30 to 6:30, co- Division and the TFPH, will its major ideas at this open tory to the Public: The Na- sponsored by the Smithsonian include presentations on finding forum. tional Park Service” (33). The Institution and the U.S. Com- a job in diverse settings. SHFG will co-sponsor a ses- mission on Military History, On Friday, January 9, sion on “Access to Federal will feature a tour of the exhibi- The American Historical the task force and the Na- Government Records after 9- tion West Point in the Making of Association is committed to tional Museum of American 11” (30); session 22 will focus America, 1802-1918. The series increasing the presence of pub- History invite input from on “Sounding Out American will continue on Saturday with lic history at the annual meet- colleagues on “Interpreting History: Recording and Docu- sessions on “Military Influ- ing. We invite our colleagues the Nation’s History at the menting the Voices and ences on Science” (95) and in public history to submit pro- National Museum of Soundscapes of America’s “Scientific Influences on the posals for the 2005 annual American History,” at an Past and Present.” A session Military” (125). The United meeting, which will focus on open forum in the mu- on “The Material Culture of States Holocaust Memorial the theme of “Archives and seum’s Information Age Nationalism at the Smith- Museum will hold a session on Artifacts.” Please visit our Auditorium (1:00-3:00 pm). sonian’s National Museum of “Teaching the Holocaust for Web site at www.theaha.org/ The forum, chaired by American History” (64) will Secondary Teachers.” Meeting annual for more information NMAH Director Brent D. take place in the museum’s attendees will be able to visit and the complete call for pro- Glass, will provide an op- Carmichael Auditorium. the museum’s permanent ex- posals. portunity for history profes- hibit without a timed ticket. sionals to comment on the On Saturday, January 10, Several local museums and Debbie Ann Doyle is Administra- museum’s concept for a new the AHA’s Professional Divi- historic sites will offer special tive Associate & Convention Assis- permanent exhibit exploring sion and the TFPH will co- tours or events during the an- tant at the AHA, where she staffs the sweep of American his- sponsor a panel discussion on nual meeting; see the Decem- the Task Force on Public History. tory and the challenges of “State Budgets and the Crisis ber issue of Perspectives for a She recently completed her disserta- developing a national narra- of Historical Infrastructure in complete list. tion, titled "The World's Play- tive. Also on Friday, Bruce the United States” (67). ground: Tourism and Mass Culture Craig of the National Coali- Other sessions of interest in- Graduate students wishing in Atlantic City," at American tion for History will conduct clude “Bringing History to the to learn more about careers in University. a brown-bag forum on, Table: The Role of Historians public history are encouraged “The Bush Administration in Contemporary Political to attend Friday’s interviewing and Federal History Pro- Debate” (68), sponsored by workshop, “Interviewing in the grams: What’s in Store for the AHA’s Research Division; Job Market in the Twenty-First Volume 34, Issue 4 Page 7
WGHOM: WOMEN’S AND GENDER HISTORIANS OF THE MIDWEST
Some time in the mid- the late 1990s the group’s teachers and others working on Readers and Writers." Keynote 1990s, a group of recent membership and energy were any topic in women's and/or speaker Nancy MacLean of Ph.D.s from Rutgers’ waning, and its future seemed gender history (it does not have Northwestern University will women’s history program be- uncertain. to be a Midwestern topic). Cur- speak on "The Power of Work gan teaching at various institu- rently, the organization charges and the Re-Working of Power: tions in the Midwest. These In January of 2000 about no membership fees. Affirmative Action Organizing historians, living and working twenty historians and archivists and the Transformation of in Illinois, Wisconsin, and met at the American Historical After a few more meetings in American Alliance Politics and Michigan, occasionally got Association convention in Chi- Chicago and Terre Haute, Gender." In addition to her cur- together for a weekend in Chi- cago to discuss the need for a WGHOM launched its confer- rent research on the history of cago. Each time, the same regional women’s history or- ence plans in earnest, creating a affirmative action, Professor subject would come up: why ganization in the Midwest. A Program Committee and a Lo- MacLean is the author of Behind was there no regional organi- new Steering Committee began cal Arrangements Committee. the Mask of Chivalry: The Mak- zation for women’s history in discussions with the Minnesota It was decided to hold the con- ing of the Second Ku Klux the Midwest? Women’s histo- WHOM’s executive commit- ference in 2004 in Chicago, be- Klan. There also will be a rians in the South and West tee, which decided to turn over cause who could resist Chi- roundtable discussion on teach- had their own conferences, its mailing list, archives and cago’s lakefront in the summer? ing gender history in high and the Berks, while national ideas to the new group, now The Call for Papers was sent out schools and universities, and one in scope, only held its meet- called Women’s and Gender in the spring of 2003, and the on oral histories of immigrant ings in the East. Historians of Historians of the Midwest response has been gratifying. Arab women in the Midwest. women and gender were plen- (WGHOM). Following an Proposals have been received The Chicago Area Women’s tiful in the Midwest, but announcement on H-Women, from scholars, teachers, public History Conference, a local his- lacked a forum to bring them by the end of 2000 WGHOM historians, and performers in tory group, will host a bus tour together. had a mailing list of nearly 200. North Dakota, Iowa, Wiscon- of women's historical sites in the sin, Indiana, and many other city. There had been a regional WGHOM aims to offer Midwestern states. organization—the Women’s some of the same networking Scholars and members of the Historians of the Midwest, or and resources as the original WGHOM’s inaugural confer- public are urged to attend what WHOM—based on Minnea- WHOM, but to do so primarily ence will be held June 12-13, looks to be an exciting program. polis-St. Paul, but it was basi- through a large conference 2004, at Loyola University's The Local Arrangements Com- cally defunct. WHOM had every three years (on a Berks Lakeshore Campus in Chicago, mittee is also asking for volun- spent more than a decade pro- off-year) and through web and Illinois. The conference, enti- teers in the Chicago area who moting women's history in the e-mail communication. As tled "Centering Gender His- would like to help with running middle of the country by spon- with the Berkshire Conference tory," will feature panels on top- the conference. Please contact soring speakers and confer- or the Western and Southern ics including "Women on the Beatrix Hoffman, beatrix@niu. ences, publishing a newsletter, women's history associations, Frontiers of Science," "Gender edu. WGHOM’s website is at and awarding a prize to high WGHOM will provide a re- in Wartime," “Gender in Global http://www4.wittenberg.edu/ school students. However, by gional venue for scholars, Perspective,” and "Women as academics/hist.
ATTEND THE CCWH LUNCHEON! • Come to the CCWH Luncheon at the AHA Conference on Saturday, January 10. Leila J. Rupp, professor of Women’s Studies at the University of California at Santa MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL Barbara, and outgoing editor of the Journal of Women’s History, will speak on “Confessions of a ‘Journal Girl’ or, What Editing the Journal of Women’s History Tells Remember, CCWH membership is based Us About Where We Are Now.” • Winners of the CCWH/Berkshire Conference on on the calendar year, so be sure to renew Women Historians Graduate Fellowship, the Ida B. your membership dues as soon as possible! Wells Graduate Student Fellowship, and the Catherine Prelinger Scholarship (for a non-traditional historian) Please use the form on the back of this will be honored. newsletter, or print one out at • Tickets ($35) should be purchased from Jennifer Scan- http://theccwh.org/whyjoin.htm lon, Women’s Studies, Bowdoin College, 7100 College Station, Brunswick, ME 04011 no later than December 22, 2003. Make checks payable to CCWH. Page 8 The CCWH Newsletter
CANDIDATE STATEMENT FROM JAMES SHEEHAN
Executive Director’s Note: The fall stitutional settings. And finally, on the profession; this is an im- ety of other forms of outreach. 2003 CCWH Newsletter contained it is an advocacy organization portant contribution to informed statements by candidates for AHA that promotes policies and prac- public discussions of employment I do not think that history has offices. One of the responses, by tices both within and outside opportunities, the role of women a sufficiently prominent place in James Sheehan, a candidate for the historical profession. and minorities, the position of national conversations about poli- President-Elect of the AHA, was adjunct faculty, and many similar tics and culture. The National inadvertently left out of the newslet- To fulfill these functions, the issues. The Association’s most Coordinating Committee does a ter. With sincere apologies to Jim Association must be as inclu- effective form of advocacy is valuable job promoting the study Sheehan, we print his response here. sive as possible. In providing a through doing what historians do of history and emphasizing its forum for everyone interested in best: compiling, analyzing, and importance. Its work should con- history, it should be especially communicating information. tinue to be supported by the AHA Dear Colleagues, attentive to voices that are not in every way possible. The offi-
amplified by powerful institu- Among the specific issues you cers of the Association should Thank you for the opportu- tions. The Association must raise, two seem to merit addi- also look for other mechanisms to nity to give my views on these continue to include a broad tional comment. bring historical knowledge to bear important issues. Since the ques- range of groups and opinions at on contemporary problems both tions you raise tend to overlap, I its annual meetings, in its publi- Despite a good deal of effort within its own publications and will reply to them in a single cations, and in its various pro- and some limited progress, mi- in the national media. Needless statement, which I hope will motional efforts. No historian norities continue to be underrep- to say, I am not suggesting that cover most of the relevant mate- should come to the conclusion resented at every level of the pro- the AHA become an instrument rial. that the Association does not fession. This situation will not for partisan politics, but rather
belong to them. The AHA improve unless the “pipeline” that we try harder to enrich our The AHA has three major should encourage debates about problem is remedied. I think the political discourse with historical functions. It is, first and fore- issues affecting women, minor- AHA can do more to encourage insights and understanding. To most, a scholarly organization ity groups, adjunct faculty, and talented minority undergraduates this end, I think the proposal for a devoted to supporting historical public historians and endeavor to consider history as a career. center of historical study in inquiry of all sorts. It is also a to have a full range of positions This might be done through a Washington has a great deal of professional organization that represented in these debates. system of mentoring, invitation to merit. I would hope that the As- provides a range of services for Perspectives has done a fine job the annual meetings, trial sub- sociation might continue to pur- historians in many different in- gathering and publishing data scriptions to the AHR, and a vari- sue that possibility.
CCWH-PRELINGER AWARDED TO LINDA REESE
The Coordinating Council War and Reconstruction on tribes. The Choctaw/ “‘Working in the Vinyard’: Afri- for Women in History is pleased family and work life for the Chickasaw pattern duplicated can American Women in All- to announce that Dr. Linda newly freed women, their educa- southern planter control, where Black Communities,” which was Reese has been awarded the tion experiences, and the new slaves were property, while the published in Kansas Quarterly. sixth CCWH-Prelinger Scholar- racial boundaries that shaped Cherokee held the middle “Anna Lewis, Historian for the ship Award of $20,000. Reese, the lives of the freed women. ground, allowing intimacy Oklahoma College for Women,” who completed the Ph.D. at the across ethnic/economic bounda- is an article in progress for The University of Oklahoma in The award committee was ries that slavery created, and the Chronicle of Oklahoma. 1991, will use the Prelinger intrigued by Reese's choice of Seminole/Creek pattern that funds to complete the research topics, to consider gender in two allowed integration into tribal The committee was also im- on the history of the African groups that were disempowered affairs. These divergent patterns pressed by Reese's non-traditional American women of the Five by political, economic and social shaped the freedwomen's lives in life course and by her ability to Civilized Tribes in Indian Terri- systems that shaped life in the the nineteenth century and find her way into the historical tory, 1840-1890. When the peo- nineteenth century. Tradition- would transfer down across the profession. As a young woman, ple of these tribes were forcibly ally the history of the Five Civi- generations. she was encouraged to become a removed from their homelands lized Tribes tells of their anguish teacher because that was a "good in the southeastern United as they were forcefully removed Reese has already completed job for a woman." She followed States to a segregated western from their native lands. Reese's research on the Cherokee freed- that path and was to be the first in domain in the 1830s and 1840s, research focuses on the women and has published in the her family to complete a college they took their approximately "property" the Five Civilized Western Historical Quarterly degree. But the pressures of the 10,000 African slaves with them. Tribes took with them, specifi- (Autumn 2002). In addition, she Vietnam War forced Reese and The end of the Civil War cally the slaves that they took has published Women of Okla- her family to set a course that brought freedom to those slaves. with them when they were homa, 1890-1920. She has also slowed, sometimes stopped, her In her book manuscript, Reese forced to move. The complexi- published numerous articles, steps towards the doctorate that will trace the westward migra- ties of these relationships be- including "Clara Luper and the she completed in 1991. Now she tion of the tribes, the experi- tween the tribes and their slaves Oklahoma City Civil Rights is in the classroom where she pro- ences of the slave women in the emerge from her work as she Movement" which appeared in vides a powerful role model for new lands as these varied among reveals the divergent patterns of African American Women Con- students from fourteen to sixty- the tribes, the effects of the Civil slave keeping among the several front the West, 1600-2000; and five. Volume 34, Issue 4 Page 9
STRIKING AT YALE BY FRANÇOISE N. HAMLIN, CCWH GRADUATE COORDINATOR Yale’s Unions, Locals 34 & ning efficiently and seamlessly and community spaces. For NAACP. In an act of peaceful 35, struck for nearly four weeks are predominantly women and graduate students on the job civil disobedience, Jackson and at the beginning of the fall se- in very large numbers, local mi- market, the dossier service was other protesters were arrested as mester. The university’s back- norities, then it is a fight about ineffective, forcing alternative they sat in one of the major city bone, consisting of approxi- the politics of race and gender. arrangements for many. In those intersections. A huge rally on mately four thousand employees While Yale runs unperturbed few weeks, our worlds were inte- September 13 brought thousands working in clerical, technical, over people of color, the unions grated and cooperative as we of union workers from the north- maintenance and service posi- do not have leadership reflecting worked to support the strikers east for pizza on the New Haven tions, had worked without a the majority of their members. and continue the important task Green followed by a march that contract since January 2002. As Many strikers were single moth- of education. Of course, there snaked around the Yale campus the largest employer, Yale has ers who could not afford to were complaints and whining for ten city blocks, ending at an- done little to use its wealth to strike, yet they did. Many of from both students and profes- other major intersection where invest significantly in the city it these women had insufficient sors, but the situation proved to one hundred people (including occupies. Union members tend health care. Their children, at- be a vital learning experience. professors and graduate students) to be residents of the city, while tending poor segregated city were again arrested in front of management prefers to live out- public schools, will take over The onslaught of media at- rolling cameras. Mayor John De- side the city limits where the once they retire. tention and public embarrass- Stefano publicly forced the uni- houses and schools are better. ment ended the strike. Presiden- versity back to the bargaining And all of this in one of the As planned, the strike af- tial hopeful and Yale alum table with Levin present in City wealthiest states per capita in fected everyone. With no dining Howard Dean spoke briefly to Hall for the deliberations. The the union. halls and a weekly food reim- urge Yale to either arbitrate or indefinite postponement of Jeop- bursement check, students negotiate. Many students felt ardy’s college championship exac- This fight was about more roamed in packs, foraging for unwelcome due to the postpon- erbated Yale’s woes and probably than the arrogance of the rich food. The business of local res- ing of freshman opening cere- was the final nail – Yale settled and the desires of the working taurants boomed as owners and monies. Understanding what soon after with good contracts. poor. It was about more than a servers struggled to feed the was at stake, the AFL-CIO and living wage, decent pensions hungry and impatient masses. other labor organizations Those women and men who and job security (Yale President Many chose to use their extra plowed thousands of dollars into marched on the picket lines still Richard Levin stood to earn cash to find refreshment (and the strike fund, increased indi- walk proudly. They enjoyed a $42,000 per month in pensions if solace) via liquor, and cases of vidual compensation, and defied few checks padded with back-pay he continued his post for the intoxication rose significantly. the university’s wish to starve and raises. For those of us who next five years, yet the average Many professors chose to move out the strikers. Emphasizing supported them on the picket worker with years of service re- their classes off campus. At the the historically strong link be- lines or with hugs, coffee or tired with $621 monthly). It beginning of the semester with tween civil rights and labor, lunch, we are rewarded by their highlighted the politics of race the dreaded “shopping period” Rev. Jesse Jackson used the smiles as we pass each other on and gender. Yale is an institu- this was no small feat. Over 150 strike to commemorate the forti- the streets and the hallways. tion of learning that espouses teachers (professors and gradu- eth anniversary of the historic While the euphoria continues, and ponders the morals of soci- ate students) moved over 260 March on Washington. On a Yale is a slightly softer place. But ety, yet refuses to practice what classes off-site, affecting over cold and rainy Labor Day, hun- it won’t be long before people it preaches. When those who 6,900 students. Classes and of- dreds marched through campus, forget and in just over six years, it serve, who clean the toilets, fice hours were held at the Cul- including Connecticut Attorney starts all over again. cook the food, empty the gar- tural Centers (designated as General Richard Blumenthal, bage, generate and file the pa- “safe” space), local coffee shops, Secretary of the State Susan By- For more information see: perwork, maintain the technol- City Hall, the public library, siewicz, several local clergy, and www.yaleunions.org and www. ogy and keep departments run- church sanctuaries, living rooms the local chapter of the unionvoice.org/yaleunions
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Judith N. McArthur and Harold presenting that history to the Women Make Movies is proud York, NY 10013 L. Smith are co-authors of a new public. The NCWHS currently to announce that Suzanne P/212.925.0606 x360, book, Minnie Fisher Cunning- has 27 institutional members as Wasserman's THUNDER IN F/212.925.2052 ham: A Suffragist's Life in Poli- well as individual members. It is GUYANA is now available to [email protected] tics (Oxford University Press, a national network in support of educators. Premiering in New 2003) with a foreword by Liz women's history sites that shares York last summer at the Film Julie Wosk’s book Women and Carpenter. Cunningham directed resources among them and sup- Society of Lincoln Center, the Machine: Representations the Texas women's suffrage cam- ports their efforts. For more in- Thunder in Guyana is the re- From the Spinning Wheel (Johns paign, was the national League of formation, please see the web- markable tale of Janet Hopkins University Press) is now Women Voters first executive site, http://ncwhs.oah.org or Rosenberg, a spirited girl from available in paperback. It is has secretary, was acting head of the write to [email protected]. Chicago who married the Guy- over 150 illustrations, many in Women's Division of the Democ- ana-born activist Cheddi Jagan, color, and includes chapters on ratic National Committee in Preserving Women's History: and set off for the British col- women and automobiles, bicy- 1927-28, and later became a Left An Introductory Guide to Pre- ony to start a socialist revolu- cles, airplanes, women in war- Feminist. serving the Records of tion. Though Jagan and time, women and sewing ma- Women's Lives was written to Rosenberg became important chines, typewriters, computers Victoria Kluger is the author of a encourage individual women political figures in Guyana, and more. Wosk is Professor of new book, Escenas de la vida and organizations creating ar- they also faced arrest, repres- Art History, English, and Studio conyugal. It deals with the analy- chival documents with material sion and the intervention of Painting at the State University of sis of one of the aspects of the about women to keep those re- world figures like Winston New York, Maritime College. family, that of the relationship cords, and donate them to an Churchill and John F. Ken- between spouses, in a delimited accredited archives. Published nedy. Free and fair elections Polly Welts Kaufman is the co- period and a physical space: the by the Alberta Women's Ar- were finally instituted in the editor of Her Past Around Us: Virreinato del Rio de la Plata. The chives Association, the book country in the early 1990's, and Interpreting Sites for Women’s author presents a panorama of retails for $15. Shipping and Janet Rosenberg-Jagan was History (Krieger Publishing Co., the marital relations developed in handling charges also apply. elected the first foreign-born, 2003), a collection of essays the viceroyal family. The publication is available female president of Guyana in which explore possibilities for from the Association (AWAA, 1997. using women’s history and femi- The National Collaborative for Box 60208. U of A Postal Out- nist analysis to look at familiar Women's History Sites invites let, Edmonton, Alberta, Can- For further information on this places through the eyes of gender. membership and participation ada, T6G 2S5), or from your film and our extensive collec- This collection of essays is de- from historians, site managers usual library jobber. For further tion of educational resources, signed to be useful to teachers and other parties interested in, information, contact AWAA please visit http://www.wmm. and historical societies searching and concerned for, preserving Chair and Preserving Women's com/catalog/catalog.htm> their own communities for new and promoting the tangible evi- History author at pat. Women Make Movies, 462 sites significant to the history of dence of women's history and [email protected]. Broadway, Suite 503E, New women.
JOB POSTING
Japanese History candidate will demonstrate inter- erence postmarked by January should be aware that the c.v. and The University of Delaware ests that are cross-cultural or 16, 2004 to Professor Howard letters of reference will be shared seeks to appoint a tenure-track comparative in nature, as well as Johnson, Chair, Japanese with departmental faculty. The assistant professor of Japanese the ability to teach World His- Search Committee, Depart- University of Delaware is an Equal History, beginning September 1, tory. ment of History, University of Opportunity Employer that en- 2004. A PhD in hand by the Please send a letter of applica- Delaware, Newark, DE courages applications from minor- starting date is required. A strong tion, c.v., and three letters of ref- 19716-2547. All applicants ity group members and women.
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The Modern World of Neil Boyce: Players. A novelist, short story ior Fulbright Lecturer at Baskent Carol Williams, recently ap- Autobiography and Diaries ap- writer, and playwright, Boyce University, Ankara, Turkey. As pointed as assistant professor at peared 15 September from the 1872-1951) is perhaps most such, she is the first Fulbrighter the University of Lethbridge University of New Mexico Press, known for her 45-year mar- at Baskent, which is the first (Alberta Canada), has published Framing the West: Race, Gen- with Carol DeBoer-Langworthy riage to the social reformer and private university in Turkey to der, and the Photographic Fron- as editor. This is an edition of pre- writer Hutchins Hapgood. This receive such an award. She is tier in the Pacific viously unpublished works by volume will help scholars as- teaching American literature Northwest (New York: Oxford, Boyce, who was a member of sev- sess her work and life on her and culture. 2003) eral Greenwich Village groups and own terms. Carol DeBoer- a founder of the Provincetown Langworthy is currently a Sen- Page 11 The CCWH Newsletter
C ONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL FOR PAPERS CALL FOR PAPERS CALL FOR PAPERS Box 354345 University of Washington Re-presenting the British Past: The West of England and Western Association of Seattle, WA 98195 Women, Gender and History in South Wales Women's History Women Historians E-mail: [email protected]. the British Isles Network Annual Conference edu 10th Anniversary Conference University of California, Santa Ph: 206-685-4073 University of Glamorgan Barbara April 2-4 2004 Women, Health, and Welfare Santa Barbara, California CALL FOR PAPERS May 21-23, 2004 The conference has a number of The regional Women’s History The 27th Annual Southeastern aims, including: Network is celebrating its tenth The WAWH welcomes propos- Women’s Studies’ Association • to question the ‘British’ in annual conference at the Univer- als for panels or single papers Conference, Feminist Locations, British women’s history sity of the West of England, on any historical subject, will be held March 26 - 28, 2004 th • to consider the possibilities Bristol, on Saturday, June 26 time period, or region. Papers at the DeSoto-Hilton Hotel in for comparative work in 2004. do not necessarily have to focus the heart of the Historic District, Welsh, Scottish, Irish and on women or gender history, Savannah, GA. Framed by English women’s and gen- Individual papers or panels are although those issues are of Chandra Talpade Mohanty's call der history. invited from academics, post- special interest to our member- to foreground the “politics of ship. Panels, workshops, or knowledge in bridging the ‘local’ • and to explore recent devel- graduate students and independ- ent scholars. We encourage sub- roundtables on major concerns and the ‘global’ in women’s opments and new research missions on a wide range of top- of women in the historical pro- studies” Feminist Locations will in women’s and gender his- ics related to women, health, fession are also encouaged. feature papers, panels, round tory in the nations and re- and welfare in any place or pe- Proposals for complete panels, tables, workshops, and perform- gions of the British Isles riod. including commentators, are ance/art that locates feminist
preferred, but individual papers theory and practice in the multi- Papers are invited from research- Abstracts of no more than 300 will also be considered. ple and conflicting experiences ers working in all historical peri- words should be sent to Kathe- of our lived realities and that ods, and all aspects of women’s rine Holden or Fiona Reid or at Proposals must include FIVE open discussions of how femi- and gender history. Papers from the following address: copies of each of the following: nism speaks to the current world new researchers are welcome, as situation. are offers of panels. • A WAWH Cover Page Faculty of Humanities, Lan- (found at www.wawh.org) guages and Social Science See formal call at http://class. Deadline for proposals: January The cover sheet MUST be University of the West of Eng- gasou.edu/wgender/ 16 2004. Proposals should be of included for either individ- land, Bristol SEWSA2004_Call_for_Papers. no more than 250 words. Possi- ual or panel proposals. St Matthias campus, html. ble strands and themes (but all • A one-half to one-page Fishponds, offers considered) in all periods abstract for each paper. Bristol Please send in relation to above aims: • One-to-two-page curricu- 250-350 word ab- BS16 2JP Nations, nationalism, national lum vitae for each panelist. stracts, or 500-750 word panel to: identity; borders; imperialism; proposals, Please E-mail abstracts to race and ethnicity; 'otherness'; The program committee re- [email protected] identities; bodies; sexuality; re- serves the right to change or Dr. Teresa Winterhalter or [email protected] gional histories; locality; lan- reconfigure panels. Submission Director of Women’s Studies
guage; religion; politics; family; of proposal will indicate agree- Armstrong Atlantic State Uni- The deadline for abstracts is work; education; leisure; the ur- Fri- ment with this policy. versity th . When submit- ban; rurality and landscape; ar- day, 12 March Abercorn Street chives and records; crime; liter- ting your abstract, please pro- Current (2003-2004) WAWH Department of Language, Lit- ary and cultural representations. vide your name, preferred mail- membership is required of all erature, and Philosophy ing address, E-mail address and program participants. Member- Savannah, GA, 31419. Further details from : phone number. ship runs from conference to [email protected] Ursula Masson conference. Membership forms School of Humanities and Social can be found at http://www. Electronic submissions in Sciences wawh.org. Word format are strongly en- Forest Hall couraged. University of Glamorgan Please send FIVE copies of Pontypridd these materials by December 1, CF37 1DL 2003, to: [email protected] Shirley J. Yee Department of Women Studies
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CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL FOR PAPERS CALL FOR PAPERS CALL FOR PAPERS Symposium on Slavery and the Civil War in Tennessee Courtauld History of Dress First Woman President Sympo- Sixth Annual Association Annual Confer- sium, September 24-25, 2004. Conference on Illinois History "The Legacy of Stones River: ence (CHODA) Minnesota State University Springfield, Illinois Slavery and the Civil War in DRESS AND GENDER Moorhead will hold an interdis- October 28-29, 2004 Tennessee," Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd ciplinary conference that unites Saturday, March 6, 2004, Mur- July 2004 leaders in politics, media, and Proposals for individual papers or freesboro, Tennessee. Courtauld Institute of Art, Uni- academia to explore the history, panels on any aspect of Illinois' versity of London culture, and future possibilities history, culture, politics, geogra- Telling the whole story of the of electing a female president of phy, literature, and archaeology Civil War and Reconstruction is From the cod-piece to the cor- the United States of America. are requested for the Conference never more important than set, dress has been key to the This two-day conference will on Illinois History. The Confer- when we consider the impact of construction of gender in spe- feature special invited guests ence welcomes submissions from slavery on the coming of the cific historical contexts. This who are active in national and professional and avocational his- Civil War in Tennessee. The conference seeks to re-visit the international politics and media torians, graduate students, and second Legacy of Stones River relationship between dress and as well as prominent academics those engaged in the study of Illi- Symposium will occur at Middle gender in history, a line of schol- in the arts, humanities, and so- nois history at libraries, historic Tennessee State University and arly inquiry that benefits from cial sciences who have substan- sites, museums, and historical the Stones River National Bat- increasingly sophisticated and tially contributed to our knowl- societies. tlefield. The day will include nuanced research. edge of women in politics. Paper scholarly perspectives and public proposals are invited in the fol- Each proposal should include a programming to give new in- Papers are solicited that draw on lowing categories: the history of summary of the topic and a one- sights into this significant issue. a wide variety of approaches women in politics, analysis of page resume of the participant. For additional information, con- and address a range of issues. party platforms, creation of can- The summary should specify the tact the Stones River National Topics may include: the sarto- didates, missed opportunities, major primary and secondary Battlefield at (615) 893-9501, by rial performance and display of mechanisms and forces of exclu- sources used in the research. Pro- e-mail at stri_information@nps. masculinity and femininity; the sion, international examples of posals should be for formal, foot- gov, or look for information on place of gender in consumerism women in politics, media and noted papers. The deadline for the Web at http://www.nps. and the feminization of fashion; cultural representations of proposals is March 26, 2004. gov/stri or http://histpres.mtsu. the gendered framework of the women in power, the demoniza- Send proposals to: edu/tncivwar. clothing trades, including the tion of women in politics, and participation of women as mak- the role of the “First Lady,” Thomas F. Schwartz, State Histo- ers and suppliers. The confer- among others. The conference rian ence is open in terms of histori- organizers especially encourage Illinois Historic Preservation cal and geographical focus and paper proposals from all levels Agency we welcome proposals from aca- of academics in American Stud- 1 Old State Capitol Plaza demics, research students, mu- ies, Economics, History, Mass Springfield, IL 62701-1507 seum curators, and independent Communication and Journal- Phone 217/782-2118, Fax scholars. Papers that incorpo- ism, Multicultural Studies and 217/785-7937 rate analysis of visual sources Humanities, Political Science, E-mail: tom_schwartz@ihpa. are especially welcome. Sociology, Speech Communica- state.il.us http://www.state.il.us/ tions, and Women’s Studies. If hpa/conference.htm CHODA regrets that it is unable you are interested in presenting to pay for any expenses involved a paper or organizing a panel, in the preparation and presenta- please submit an abstract of 250 tion of a paper, or for travel to words and a c.v. (including the conference. Please send a phone, fax, and e-mail ad- one-page abstract plus brief CV dresses) by February 16, 2004 to (max. 2 pages) by Friday 19th Dr. Christopher Corley, c/o December 2003 to: Dean of Arts and Humanities, Dr. Sophie White 250 Bridges Hall, Minnesota Gender Studies Program, Uni- State University Moorhead, versity of Notre Dame Moorhead, MN 56563, ATTN: 325 O’Shaughnessy Hall, Notre First Woman President Sympo- Dame, IN 46556, U.S.A. sium. For more information, Fax: (+1) 574 631 4268; Email: please contact Dr. Corley at [email protected] [email protected].
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IFRWH CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sydney Congress 2005 sations and the international for the World Congress. notions of "the body politic" The 20th International Congress organisations. We encourage ABSTRACTS should be no relate to treatment of bodies of of Historical Sciences will be women’s historians and gender more than 300 words. The title different groups within a given held in Sydney in July 3-9, 2005. historians to send their propos- should appear clearly at the top of nation or culture? What parts of The programme is divided into: als directly to the organisers. the abstract. Each proposal must the body are venerated or de- 1) the General Programme and IFRWH Programme include a one-page c.v. and full spised and why? How have atti- 2) the specific programmes or- The second part of the Syd- contact information (address, tudes and practices toward bod- ganised by the Affiliated Inter- ney Congress consists of specific phone, fax, and e-mail). ily functions changed over time national Organisations and the programmes. The IFRWH will Submit proposal by February and by place? What do histories Internal Commissions. organise a conference 15, 2004 to: of the regulation of the body tell General Programme “Women’s History Revisited: Professor Pirjo Markkola us about the status of women, For the General Programme, Historiographical Reflections Department of History the young and old, sexual mi- three major themes, 26 special- on Women and Gender in a FIN-33014 University of Tam- norities, or racial or ethnic mi- ised themes and 20 round tables Global Context.” pere norities? have been selected. Some of the The organisers encourage Finland This roundtable was accepted themes are directly “labelled” as theoretical reflections on all as- e-mail: [email protected] for the main program, was sub- gender specific but all the pects of women’s history, gen- telefax +358-3-215-6980 mitted by IFRWH and can have themes can be discussed in a der history and feminist history. phone +358-3-215-6553 8 papers. Presenters from differ- gender perspective. We welcome various theoretical ent countries on a wide range of The CISH board has nomi- approaches and discussions. Body Politics/The Politics of topics preferred. Send proposal nated the organisers and discuss- We invite proposals for reviews the Body by December 15 to: ants for each of the themes. discussing the historiography of This round table will bring Eileen Boris Their names will be published women’s history in particular together historians of reproduc- Hull Professor of Women's on the CISH website (http:// regions. Are the trajectories of tion, medicine, fashion, women Studies www.cish.org/GB/Sydney. women's history/feminist his- and gender, sexuality, and relig- Women's Studies Program htm). It is still possible to con- tory different in differing global ion to explore the social construc- University of California, Santa tact the organisers and propose settings? tion of the body over time and in Barbara papers for the sessions in spite of The conference will consist of different societies. It considers the Santa Barbara, CA 93106 the fact that many proposals three half-day sessions to be held political meaning of the personal, 805 893 2727 (ph) have already been sent by the at the World Congress. N.B. indeed, the intimate: bodies, their [email protected] national CISH-member organi- The participants need to register shapes, looks, and uses. How do
P RIZES
The Arkansas Women's His- cal Association in Fort Smith, Gerber/Hart Library, Chicago, [email protected] tory Institute announces its call April 15-17. For guidelines or IL) for the 2004 Susie Pryor Award more information please con- The Audre Lorde Prize for an Tim Retzloff submissions. The award is tact: outstanding ARTICLE on les- University of Michigan named in honor of Susie Hamp- Susan Young, bian/gay history written in Eng- 104 Hatcher Library North ton Newton Pryor---mother, AWHI vice president lish by a North American. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1205 community leader, local histo- Shiloh Museum of Ozark His- USA rian, and writer from Camden, tory Papers and chapters written and [email protected] Arkansas. 118 W. Johnson Avenue articles published in 2002 or 2003 Springdale, AR 72764 are eligible. Materials may be Anne Rubenstein The Susie Pryor Award in Ar- 479-750-8165 submitted by students, faculty, Department of History kansas Women's History offers a Fax 479-750-8693 authors, readers, or publishers. York University $1,000 prize annually for the [email protected] Self-nominations are encouraged. 2149 Vari Hall best unpublished essay on topics Published articles by graduate 4700 Keele St. in Arkansas women's history. The Committee on Lesbian and students may be submitted for Toronto, Ontario Manuscripts are judged on their Gay History, affiliated with the both prizes. Please indicate Canada M3J 1P3 contributions to knowledge of American Historical Associa- whether submissions are for the [email protected] women in Arkansas' history, use tion, will award two prizes in Sprague Prize, the Lorde Prize, of primary and secondary mate- 2004: or both. Address questions to rials, and analytical and stylistic The Gregory Sprague Prize for CLGH c/o Leisa D. Meyer excellence. The winning paper an outstanding PAPER or Send one copy to each of the Women's Studies Program, may be published. Deadline for CHAPTER on lesbian/gay his- three members of the Prize Com- P.O. Box 8795 submissions is February 16, tory written in English by a mittee by 30 December 2003: College of William and Mary 2004. The winner will be an- graduate student at a North Margaret Hunt Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795 nounced at the 2004 annual American institution (the Spra- 24 Autumn Lane (757) 221_3737 meeting of the Arkansas Histori- gue Prize is underwritten by the Amherst, MA 01002 [email protected] Page 14 The CCWH Newsletter
COORDINATING COUNCIL FOR WOMEN IN HISTORY Advocates for Women in the Profession and Practice of History
APPLICATION FORM THE CCWH CATHERINE PRELINGER AWARD
The CCWH will award $20,000 to a scholar, with a Ph.D. or A.B.D., who has not followed a traditional academic path of uninterrupted and completed secondary, undergraduate, and graduate degrees leading into a tenured faculty position. Although the recipient’s degrees do not have to be in history, the recipient’s work should clearly be historical in nature. In accordance with the general goals of CCWH, the award is intended to recognize or to enhance the ability of the recipient to contribute significantly to women in history, whether in the pro- fession in the present or in the study of women in the past. It is not intended that there be any significant restrictions placed on how a given recipient shall spend the award as long as it advances the recipient’s scholarship goals and purposes. All recipients will be required to submit a final paper to CCWH on how the award was expended and summarizing the scholarly work completed.
Name: ______
Mailing Address: ______
City: ______State: ______Zip: ______
Home telephone: ______Message Telephone: ______
Academic Status: A.B.D. ______, or Ph.D. ______
If Ph.D. has been received, institution and date: ______If A.B.D., give date of receiving and signature of departmental representative to verify:
Signature: ______Date: ______(Departmental Representative)
This application is complete and includes the materials as listed below:
Signature: ______Date: ______(Applicant)
The committee will consider the non-traditional career path of the recipient, the work that the applicant has completed which advances the status of women in the profession and/or the study of women in history, and the goals the applicant hopes to complete with this award.
Thus please enclose:
1. 5 copies of the application form 2. 5 copies of the applicant’s curriculum vita (C.V. limited to four pages.) 3. 5 copies of a personal statement which highlights the applicant’s non-traditional academic career path and contributions to women in history (Statement limited to one page.) 5. 5 copies of the project statement which a. establishes the work the applicant hopes to complete with this award, b. outlines the schedule the applicant has developed for the project, c. indicates the sources the applicant intends to use to complete this work, d. demonstrates the contribution the applicant’s work will make to women in history (Statement limited to three pages.) 6. 2 letters of recommendation in separate sealed envelopes which are signed across the back. Each envelope should contains 5 copies of 6. letters of recommendation which comment on the contributions the applicant has made or has the potential to make to advance the status of women in the profession or the study of women. 8. Applicants who are ABD are requested to submit 5 copies of a writing sample, preferably a chapter of the dissertation or the disserta tion prospectus. 9. 1 self-addressed, stamped envelope 10. 1 self-addressed postcard that has this statement on it: “Your Application for The CCWH Catherine Prelinger Award has been re ceived.” 11. 1 copy of a signed statement granting or denying the CCWH permission to include your application in the official CCWH archive. Please note, a decision not to grant this permission will be known only by the chair and NOT by the committee members and will in no way prejudice the application. DEADLINE: April 2, 2004
Send to: Dr. Marguerite Renner, Department of History, Glendale Community College, 1500 North Verdugo Road, Glendale, CA 91208 Volume 34, Issue 4 Page 15
ELIGIBILITY for the CCWH Catherine Prelinger Award:
The applicant:
1. Must be a member of the Coordinating Council for Women in History. For membership information contact Christine Anderson, address given at the bottom of the page..
2. Must hold either A.B.D. status or the Ph.D. at the time of application.
3. Shall be actively engaged in scholarship that is historical in nature, although the degree may be in related fields.
4. Shall have already contributed or show potential for contributing significantly to women in history, whether in the profession in the present or in the study of women in the past.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE for the CCWH Catherine Prelinger Award:
The applicant must submit
1. 5 copies of the completed application form
2. The signature of the applicant’s History Department official to verify that A.B.D. status has been achieved if applicant has not yet completed the Ph.D.
3. 5 copies of the curriculum vita (C.V. limited to 4 pages.)
4. 5 copies of a personal statement of the applicant’s non-traditional career path and contributions to women in the profession. (Statement limited to 1 page.)
5. 5 copies of the project statement which a. establishes the work the applicant intends to complete with this award, b. outlines the schedule the applicant has developed to complete this work c. states the sources the applicant intends to use to complete this work, d. demonstrates the contribution the applicants work will make to women in history. (Statement limited to 3 pages.)
6. Applicants who are ABD are requested to submit 5 copies of a writing sample, preferably a chapter of the dissertation or the disserta- tion prospectus.
7. 2 letters of recommendation in separate and sealed envelopes which are signed across the back. Each envelope should contain 5 copies of each letter of recommendation.
8. 1 self-addressed, stamped envelope.
9. 1 self-addressed postcard, with the statement, “Your application for the CCWH Catherine Prelinger Award has been received.”
10. 1 copy of a statement, which grants or denies the CCWH permission to add the application in the official CCWH archive. Please note: a decision not to grant this permission will be known only by the chair and NOT by the committee members and will in no way prejudice the application.
SELECTION: By a committee of five scholars from diverse fields of history
TIMETABLE: April 2, 2004: deadline for application submissions July 1, 2004: winner is announced and check is mailed January 2005: award is formally announced at the CCWH luncheon at the American Historical Association
Request applications from Dr. Marguerite Renner, Department of History, Glendale Community College, 1500 North Verdugo Road, Glendale, CA 91208. Telephone: 818-240-1000, extension 5461. E-mail: [email protected]
For membership information, contact M. Christine Anderson, Department of History, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH, 45207-4444. E-mail: [email protected] Page 16 The CCWH Newsletter Graduate Student Coordinators
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