Gayle Graham Yates Explained

Gayle Graham Yates
Birth Date:	6 May 1940
Birth Name:	Gayle Graham
Birth Place:	Shubuta, Mississippi, U.S.
Discipline:	American studies, women's studies
Death Place:	Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Children:	2
Education:	Millsaps College Vanderbilt University University of Minnesota
Workplaces:	University of Minnesota

Gayle Graham Yates (née Graham; May 6, 1940 – April 27, 2023) was an American women's studies and American studies academic who helped establish the women's studies program at the University of Minnesota.

Life

Yates was born on May 6, 1940, on a farm in Shubuta, Mississippi to Gleta and Robert Graham.^[1] She had an older brother. Members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, her mother was a teacher and her father a farmer.^[2] She earned a bachelor's degree from Millsaps College and a M.A. at Vanderbilt University. Yates completed studies at the Boston University School of Theology. Her first daughter was born in 1963 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Yates and her husband Wilson moved to New Brighton, Minnesota where he worked at the United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities (United). Her second child was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota in the fall of 1967. She earned a Ph.D. in American studies at the University of Minnesota.

For two years, Yates worked half time at both her alma mater and United. She later worked full time at the University of Minnesota, helping to create its women studies program. She served as its first full time faculty director and later chair.^[3] Yates was a feminist scholar. In 1982, Yates began teaching American studies until she retired.

Yates died on April 27, 2023, at her home in Minneapolis.

Selected works

• Book: Yates, Gayle Graham . What Women Want: The Ideas of the Movement . 1975 . Harvard University Press . 978-0-674-95077-1 . en. ^[4]
• Book: Martineau, Harriet . Harriet Martineau . Harriet Martineau on Women . 1985 . Rutgers University Press . 978-0-8135-1057-6 . Yates . Gayle Grahm . en. ^[5]
• Book: Yates, Gayle Graham . Mississippi Mind: A Personal Cultural History of an American State . 1990 . Univ. of Tennessee Press . 978-0-87049-643-1 . en. ^[6]
• Book: Yates, Gayle Graham . Life and Death in a Small Southern Town: Memories of Shubuta, Mississippi . 2004 . LSU Press . 978-0-8071-2937-1 . en. ^[7]
• Book: Yates, Gayle Graham . Ethics for Jessica: Meditations on Living . 2010 . Wipf & Stock Publishers . 978-1-4982-5482-3 . en.

Notes and References

1. Web site: May 7, 2023 . Obituary for Gayle Graham Yates . 2024-07-06 . Star Tribune.
2. Yates . Gayle Graham . Chambers . Clarke A. . 1994-11-22 . Interview with Gayle Graham Yates . University Digital Conservancy . 11299/50863 . en-US.
3. Knatterud . Mary . 2024-02-20 . One Woman's Studies: The Far-Reaching Impact of Gayle Graham Yates, PhD (1940-2023) . Journal of Opinions, Ideas & Essays (JOIE) . en . University of Minnesota Retirees Association . 7.
4. Reviews of What Women Want:
   • Newmark . Norma L. . January 1978 . Review . The Family Coordinator . 27 . 1 . 95 . 10.2307/582747 . 582747.
   • Epstein . Cynthia Fuchs . Cynthia Fuchs Epstein . 1977 . Review . Political Science Quarterly . 92 . 2 . 346 . 10.2307/2148383 . 0032-3195 . 2148383.
   • Scanzoni . Letha. Letha Dawson Scanzoni . 1976 . Review . Social Science Quarterly . 57 . 3 . 691–692 . 0038-4941 . 42859675.
   • O'Neill . William L.. William L. O'Neill . 1976 . Review . The Journal of American History . 63 . 2 . 471–472 . 10.2307/1899740 . 0021-8723 . 1899740.
   • Huganir . George H. . 1977 . Review . The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science . 429 . 187–188 . 0002-7162 . 1041623.
5. Review of Harriet Martineau on Women:
   • Sheets . Robin . 1986 . Review of Dorothy Wordsworth; Frances Trollope; Harriet Martineau on Women; Letters of Dorothy Wordsworth: A Selection . Victorian Studies . 30 . 1 . 145–146 . 0042-5222 . 3828215.
6. Reviews of Mississippi Mind:
   • Sansing . David G.. David Sansing . 1991 . Review . The Georgia Historical Quarterly . 75 . 4 . 857–858 . 0016-8297 . 40582451.
   • Nybakken . Elizabeth I. . 1992 . Review . The Journal of Southern History . 58 . 2 . 394–395 . 10.2307/2210921 . 0022-4642 . 2210921.
   • Prince . Vinton M. . 1991 . Review of Delta Time: A Journey Through Mississippi; Mississippi Mind: A Personal Cultural History of an American State . The Journal of American History . 78 . 2 . 748–749 . 10.2307/2079683 . 0021-8723 . 2079683.
7. Reviews of Life and Death in a Small Southern Town:
   • Mack . Dwayne . 2006 . Review . Agricultural History . 80 . 4 . 486–488 . 0002-1482 . 4617788.