Jane Sherron De Hart Explained

Jane Sherron De Hart
Othernames:Jane DeHart Mathews
Workplaces:University of North Carolina at Greensboro
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of California, Santa Barbara
Alma Mater:Duke University
Occupation:Feminist historian, women's studies academic
Birth Place:Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.
Awards:Victoria Schuck Award (1991)
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

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

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.

In 1992, De Hart joined the University of California, Santa Barbara.

In 2018, De Hart published Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life. It was the first full-length biography of Ginsburg.

Awards and honors

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.

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: VIAF. 2021-09-21. Virtual International Authority File.
  2. Web site: April 18, 2019. Feminist Historian De Hart to Receive 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award Duke Graduate School. 2021-09-21. Duke The Graduate School.
  3. Web site: Jane S. De Hart – Department of History, UC Santa Barbara. 2021-09-21. en-US.
  4. Reviews of The Federal Theatre, 1935-1939:
    • Moore. John Rees. 1968. Theater Projects and Projections. The Kenyon Review. 30. 3. 402–412. 0163-075X. 4334820.
    • Dycke. Marjorie L.. 1972. "Inevitably...the Offers from Hollywood...". Educational Theatre Journal. 24. 4. 460–469. 10.2307/3205951. 0013-1989. 3205951.
    • Quinby. George H.. 1968. Review. The New England Quarterly. 41. 1. 143–145. 10.2307/363349. 0028-4866. 363349.
    • Billings. Alan G.. 1968. Review. Educational Theatre Journal. 20. 4. 606–607. 10.2307/3205010. 0013-1989. 3205010.
    • Ewen. Frederic. Frederic Ewen. 1968. The Thirties, Commitment, and the Theatre. Science & Society. 32. 3. 300–306. 0036-8237. 40401355.
    • Tanselle. G. Thomas. G. Thomas Tanselle. 1968. Review. The Journal of American History. 54. 4. 921–922. 10.2307/1918130. 0021-8723. 1918130.
    • Himelstein. Morgan Y.. 1968. Review. American Quarterly. 20. 2. 368. 10.2307/2711267. 0003-0678. 2711267.
    • Davis. Ronald L.. 1968. Review. The Historian. 30. 4. 687–688. 0018-2370. 24440941.
    • Warren-Findley. Jannelle. 1976. Culture and the New Deal. American Studies. 17. 1. 81–83. 0026-3079. 40641187.
    • Moe. Christian. 1968. Review. New York History. 49. 2. 238–239. 0146-437X. 23162751.
    • Schaffer. Alan. 1968. Review. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 376. 184–185. 0002-7162. 1037844.
    • Kauffmann. Stanley. Stanley Kauffmann. 1967. A Timely and Valuable History. The American Scholar. 37. 1. 172–174. 0003-0937. 41210243.
    • Gorelik. Mordecai. Mordecai Gorelik. 1968. Review. The American Historical Review. 74. 1. 327–328. 10.2307/1857875. 0002-8762. 1857875.
    • Moody. Richard. 1968. Review. American Literature. 40. 2. 260–261. 10.2307/2923684. 0002-9831. 2923684.
  5. Reviews of Sex, Gender, and the Politics of ERA:
    • Lynn. Susan. 1991. Buechler. Steven M.. Mathews. Donald G.. De Hart. Jane Sherron. The Politics of Feminism. Reviews in American History. 19. 4. 593–598. 10.2307/2703303. 0048-7511. 2703303.
    • Disch. Lisa J.. 1991. Review. Signs. 17. 1. 214–219. 10.1086/494723 . 0097-9740. 3174455.
    • Evans. Sara. 1991. Review. The American Historical Review. 96. 5. 1637–1638. 10.2307/2165469. 0002-8762. 2165469.
    • Kealey. Diana. 1992. Review. Sociology. 26. 1. 156–158. 10.1177/0038038592026001033 . 0038-0385. 42854983. 220676370 .
    • Taylor. Verta. Verta Taylor. 1992. Review. Contemporary Sociology. 21. 1. 37–38. 10.2307/2074713. 0094-3061. 2074713.
    • Hartmann. Susan M.. 1991. Review. The Journal of American History. 78. 3. 1157. 10.2307/2078954. 0021-8723. 2078954.
    • Boles. Janet K.. 1992. Review. The American Political Science Review. 86. 1. 247–248. 10.2307/1964067. 0003-0554. 1964067. 148240679 .
    • Hart. Vivien. Vivien Hart. 1992. Review. Journal of American Studies. 26. 1. 98–99. 10.1017/S0021875800030309 . 0021-8758. 27555599.
    • Berkeley. Kathleen C.. 1991. Review. The North Carolina Historical Review. 68. 3. 350–351. 0029-2494. 23519497.
    • Blackwelder. Julia Kirk. 1992. Review. The Journal of Southern History. 58. 3. 576–577. 10.2307/2210224. 0022-4642. 2210224.
  6. Reviews of Women's America:
    • Mitchem. Stephanie Y.. 2000. Review. The Journal of Negro History. 85. 3. 133–135. 10.2307/2649066. 0022-2992. 2649066.
    • Carson. Mina. 2001. Review. The History Teacher. 35. 1. 104–106. 10.2307/3054515. 0018-2745. 3054515.
    • DiGirolamo. Vincent. 2000. Review. OAH Magazine of History. 15. 1. 79. 10.1093/maghis/15.1.79 . 0882-228X. 25163410.
    • Laville. Helen. 2001. Review. History. 86. 284. 552. 0018-2648. 24425564.
  7. Reviews of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life:

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