Julie Roy Jeffrey is a professor emerita and former member of the history department at

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. Jeffrey joined the

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faculty in 1972. Her scholarly interests have focused on the areas of

gender history Gender history is a sub-field of history and gender studies, which looks at the past from the perspective of gender. It is in many ways, an outgrowth of women's history. The discipline considers in what ways historical events and periodization impa ...

—she is considered a pioneer of the history of women in the western

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

—the abolition of

slavery Slavery and enslavement are both the state and the condition of being a slave—someone forbidden to quit one's service for an enslaver, and who is treated by the enslaver as property. Slavery typically involves slaves being made to perf ...

, and the history of

education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Va ...

. Jeffrey has held

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Chairs in

American Studies American studies or American civilization is an interdisciplinary field of scholarship that examines American literature, history, society, and culture. It traditionally incorporates literary criticism, historiography and critical theory. Sch ...

in universities in

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and the

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and received a

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research fellowship. Jeffrey's book, ''The Great Silent Army of Abolitionism'', was awarded the Choice Award for Academic Book of Excellence and honorable mention for the

Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, February 1817 or 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became ...

Prize, given by the Gilder Lehrman Center of

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

. Jeffrey is co-author and co-editor of the widely used textbook on

American History The history of the lands that became the United States began with the arrival of the first people in the Americas around 15,000 BC. Numerous indigenous cultures formed, and many saw transformations in the 16th century away from more densely ...

, ''The American People: The History of a Nation and a Society'', which she has actively revised since the 1980s. Jeffrey received her bachelor's degree from

Radcliffe College Radcliffe College was a women's liberal arts college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and functioned as the female coordinate institution for the all-male Harvard College. Considered founded in 1879, it was one of the Seven Sisters colleges and he ...

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, and received her Ph.D. from

Rice University William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a Private university, private research university in Houston, Houston, Texas. It is on a 300-acre campus near the Houston Museum District and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center. Rice is ranke ...

Selected works

* ''American History Firsthand: Working with Primary Sources, Volume II (since 1865)'' (2nd Ed.) (2007) with Peter J. Frederick * ''The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society: to 1877 (2006)'' with Gary B. Nash, John R. Howe, and Allen F. Davis * ''The Great Silent Army of Abolitionism: Ordinary Women in the Antislavery Movement'' (1998) * ''Where Wagons Could Go: Narcissa Whitman and Eliza Spaulding'' (1997) with Clifford Merrill Drury * ''Converting the West: A Biography of Narcissa Whitman'' (1991) * ''Frontier Women: The Trans-Mississippi West, 1840-1880'' (1979) * ''Education for Children of the Poor: A Study of the Origins and Implementation of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965'' (1978)

References

External links

* Jeffrey bio at Goucher College, 21st-century American historians Historians of the United States Radcliffe College alumni Rice University alumni Goucher College faculty and staff Living people American women historians 21st-century American women writers Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-historian-stub