Jane Sherron De Hart | |
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Born | 1936 (age 87–88) |
Other names | Jane DeHart Mathews |
Occupation(s) | Feminist historian, women's studies academic |
Awards | Victoria Schuck Award (1991) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Duke University |
Academic work | |
Institutions | University of North Carolina at Greensboro University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of California, Santa Barbara |
Doctoral students | Sarah Wilkerson Freeman |
Jane Sherron De Hart (born 1936)[1] is an American feminist historian and women's studies academic. She is a professor emerita at University of California, Santa Barbara. De Hart has authored and edited several works on the history of women in the United States, the Federal Theatre Project, the Equal Rights Amendment, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. During the 1970s, she founded the women's studies program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Early life and education
[edit]De Hart was born in Asheville, North Carolina and raised in Bryson City, North Carolina. She graduated with a degree in history from Duke University. On a Carnegie Fellowship, De Hart earned a Ph.D. at Duke University in 1967. She married while attending graduate school and moved to Princeton, New Jersey where she continued work on her dissertation and taught at Douglass College. Her dissertation on the Federal Theatre Project became her first book.[2]
Career
[edit]In 1970, De Hart joined University of North Carolina at Greensboro for ten years, first temporarily before becoming permanent professor and founding the women's studies program. She was co-bicentennial chair of American studies at University of Helsinki from 1981 to 1982. De Hart became a professor of history and director of women's studies at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[2]
In 1992, De Hart joined the University of California, Santa Barbara.[2]
In 2018, De Hart published Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life. It was the first full-length biography of Ginsburg.[2]
Awards and honors
[edit]De Hart was a fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities in 1975 and 1998.[3] In 1991, she was awarded the Victoria Schuck Award alongside Donald G. Mathews for their book on the intersection of the Equal Rights Amendment and sex, gender, and politics.[2]
Selected works
[edit]- Mathews, Jane Sherron De Hart (1967). The Federal Theatre, 1935-1939: Plays, Relief, and Politics. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-04515-3.[4]
- Mathews, Donald G.; De Hart, Jane Sherron (1990). Sex, Gender, and the Politics of ERA: A State and the Nation. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-503858-3.[5]
- Kerber, Linda K.; De Hart-Mathews, Jane Sherron, eds. (1991). Women's America: Refocusing the Past. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-506261-8.[6]
- de Hart, Jane Sherron (2018). Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-525-52159-4.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "VIAF". Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
- ^ a b c d e "Feminist Historian De Hart to Receive 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award | Duke Graduate School". Duke The Graduate School. April 18, 2019. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
- ^ "Jane S. De Hart – Department of History, UC Santa Barbara". Retrieved 2021-09-21.
- ^ Reviews of The Federal Theatre, 1935-1939:
- Moore, John Rees (1968). "Theater Projects and Projections". The Kenyon Review. 30 (3): 402–412. ISSN 0163-075X. JSTOR 4334820.
- Dycke, Marjorie L. (1972). ""Inevitably...the Offers from Hollywood..."". Educational Theatre Journal. 24 (4): 460–469. doi:10.2307/3205951. ISSN 0013-1989. JSTOR 3205951.
- Quinby, George H. (1968). "Review". The New England Quarterly. 41 (1): 143–145. doi:10.2307/363349. ISSN 0028-4866. JSTOR 363349.
- Billings, Alan G. (1968). "Review". Educational Theatre Journal. 20 (4): 606–607. doi:10.2307/3205010. ISSN 0013-1989. JSTOR 3205010.
- Ewen, Frederic (1968). "The Thirties, Commitment, and the Theatre". Science & Society. 32 (3): 300–306. ISSN 0036-8237. JSTOR 40401355.
- Tanselle, G. Thomas (1968). "Review". The Journal of American History. 54 (4): 921–922. doi:10.2307/1918130. ISSN 0021-8723. JSTOR 1918130.
- Himelstein, Morgan Y. (1968). "Review". American Quarterly. 20 (2): 368. doi:10.2307/2711267. ISSN 0003-0678. JSTOR 2711267.
- Davis, Ronald L. (1968). "Review". The Historian. 30 (4): 687–688. ISSN 0018-2370. JSTOR 24440941.
- Warren-Findley, Jannelle (1976). "Culture and the New Deal". American Studies. 17 (1): 81–83. ISSN 0026-3079. JSTOR 40641187.
- Moe, Christian (1968). "Review". New York History. 49 (2): 238–239. ISSN 0146-437X. JSTOR 23162751.
- Schaffer, Alan (1968). "Review". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 376: 184–185. ISSN 0002-7162. JSTOR 1037844.
- Kauffmann, Stanley (1967). "A Timely and Valuable History". The American Scholar. 37 (1): 172–174. ISSN 0003-0937. JSTOR 41210243.
- Gorelik, Mordecai (1968). "Review". The American Historical Review. 74 (1): 327–328. doi:10.2307/1857875. ISSN 0002-8762. JSTOR 1857875.
- Moody, Richard (1968). "Review". American Literature. 40 (2): 260–261. doi:10.2307/2923684. ISSN 0002-9831. JSTOR 2923684.
- ^ Reviews of Sex, Gender, and the Politics of ERA:
- Lynn, Susan (1991). Buechler, Steven M.; Mathews, Donald G.; De Hart, Jane Sherron (eds.). "The Politics of Feminism". Reviews in American History. 19 (4): 593–598. doi:10.2307/2703303. ISSN 0048-7511. JSTOR 2703303.
- Disch, Lisa J. (1991). "Review". Signs. 17 (1): 214–219. doi:10.1086/494723. ISSN 0097-9740. JSTOR 3174455.
- Evans, Sara (1991). "Review". The American Historical Review. 96 (5): 1637–1638. doi:10.2307/2165469. ISSN 0002-8762. JSTOR 2165469.
- Kealey, Diana (1992). "Review". Sociology. 26 (1): 156–158. doi:10.1177/0038038592026001033. ISSN 0038-0385. JSTOR 42854983. S2CID 220676370.
- Taylor, Verta (1992). "Review". Contemporary Sociology. 21 (1): 37–38. doi:10.2307/2074713. ISSN 0094-3061. JSTOR 2074713.
- Hartmann, Susan M. (1991). "Review". The Journal of American History. 78 (3): 1157. doi:10.2307/2078954. ISSN 0021-8723. JSTOR 2078954.
- Boles, Janet K. (1992). "Review". The American Political Science Review. 86 (1): 247–248. doi:10.2307/1964067. ISSN 0003-0554. JSTOR 1964067. S2CID 148240679.
- Hart, Vivien (1992). "Review". Journal of American Studies. 26 (1): 98–99. doi:10.1017/S0021875800030309. ISSN 0021-8758. JSTOR 27555599.
- Berkeley, Kathleen C. (1991). "Review". The North Carolina Historical Review. 68 (3): 350–351. ISSN 0029-2494. JSTOR 23519497.
- Blackwelder, Julia Kirk (1992). "Review". The Journal of Southern History. 58 (3): 576–577. doi:10.2307/2210224. ISSN 0022-4642. JSTOR 2210224.
- ^ Reviews of Women's America:
- Mitchem, Stephanie Y. (2000). "Review". The Journal of Negro History. 85 (3): 133–135. doi:10.2307/2649066. ISSN 0022-2992. JSTOR 2649066.
- Carson, Mina (2001). "Review". The History Teacher. 35 (1): 104–106. doi:10.2307/3054515. ISSN 0018-2745. JSTOR 3054515.
- DiGirolamo, Vincent (2000). "Review". OAH Magazine of History. 15 (1): 79. doi:10.1093/maghis/15.1.79. ISSN 0882-228X. JSTOR 25163410.
- Laville, Helen (2001). "Review". History. 86 (284): 552. ISSN 0018-2648. JSTOR 24425564.
- ^ Reviews of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life:
- Rosen, Jeffrey (November 8, 2018). "Review: A notorious advocate for gender equality". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
- Greenhouse, Linda (2018-10-29). "From Top Law School Grad to Notorious R.B.G.: The Evolution of a Supreme Court Justice". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
- Lithwick, Dahlia (2018-12-18). "The Irony of Modern Feminism's Obsession With Ruth Bader Ginsburg". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
- Olsen, Michelle (October 18, 2018). "'Ruth Bader Ginsburg' Reminds Us Why The Justice Is A True Legal Icon". NPR. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
- Garner, Bryan A. (2018-10-21). "'Ruth Bader Ginsburg' Review: An Unlikely Celebrity". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
External links
[edit]- Jane Sherron De Hart's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)