Nancy Whittier is an American sociologist and a professor at

Smith College Smith College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts Women's colleges in the United States, women's college in Northampton, Massachusetts. It was chartered in 1871 by Sophia Smith (Smith College ...

. She has written many books, including ''Feminist Generations'', ''Feminist Frontiers 5'', and ''The Politics of Child Sexual Abuse: Emotion, Social Movements, and the State''.Nancy Whittier - Smith College. https://www.smith.edu/academics/faculty/nancy-whittier She was born on September 16, 1966, and lives in

Northampton, Massachusetts The city of Northampton is the county seat of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of Northampton (including its outer villages, Florence and Leeds) was 29,571. Northampton is known as an acade ...

. Whittier also currently holds a Sophia Smith chair at Smith College.

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1966 births Smith College faculty Living people People from Northampton, Massachusetts American sociologists American women sociologists American feminist writers 21st-century American women {{sociologist-stub