Kathryn (Kitty) Kish Sklar (born December 1939) is an
American
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historian, author, and professor. Her work focuses on the history of women's participation in social movements, voluntary organizations, and American public culture.
Life and career
Sklar was born on December 26, 1939, in
Columbus, Ohio.
She received a
Bachelor of Arts
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(1965) degree from
Harvard College and
Radcliffe College, graduating
magna cum laude in history and literature. She received a Master of Arts (1967) and Ph.D. (1969) from
University of Michigan
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in U.S. and comparative history.
After completing her Ph.D, Sklar worked as a lecturer and assistant professor at University of Michigan (1969-1974) before becoming an Associate Professor (1974-1981) and Professor (1981-1988) of History at the
University of California Los Angeles
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.
She served as Distinguished Professor of History at the
Binghamton University from 1988-2012 and became a Distinguished Professor Emerita at Binghamton University in 2012.
At UCLA, Sklar created the "Workshop on Teaching U.S. Women's History."
In 1997, Sklar received a grant from the
National Endowment for the Humanities
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to begin the Women in Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000 project as a senior seminar at Binghamton University. The project rapidly expanded to become one of the premier resources online for the study of U.S. women's history. The site includes over one hundred document projects, and Sklar continues to release biannual editions of new document projects and full-text sources for the study of women's history with historian
Thomas Dublin.
From 2005-2006 Sklar was the Harmsworth Professor of U.S. History at
Oxford University
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.
Sklar currently resides in
Berkeley, California
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, with her partner Thomas Dublin.
Fellowships, grants, and awards
Fellowships and grants
* 2007, Resident Scholar, Organization of American Historians
* 2005-2006, Harmsworth Professor of U.S. History, University of Oxford
* 2004-2006, Grant Recipient, National Historical Publications and Records Commission
* 2003-2004, Grant Recipient, National Endowment for the Humanities
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* 2000-2002, University Scholar-in-Residence Award, American Association of University Women Educational Foundation
Awards
* 1996, Berkshire Book Prize
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See also
Jewish Women's Archive
References
External sources
Women and Social Movements, International 1840-Present
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1939 births
Living people
Radcliffe College alumni
American women historians
Binghamton University faculty
University of Michigan alumni
21st-century American women