Susan Cahn Explained

Susan K. Cahn
Workplaces:	University of Buffalo
Alma Mater:	University of Minnesota
Thesis Title:	Coming on strong : gender and sexuality in women's sport, 1900-1960
Thesis Url:	https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/
Thesis Year:	1990

Susan Kathleen Cahn is a historian known for her work on women's studies and LGBTQ topics. She is a professor at the University of Buffalo.

Education and career

Cahn has a B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz (1981) and an M.A. from the University of Minnesota (1985).^[1] In 1990 she earned a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota.^[2] In 1992 she joined the faculty at the University of Buffalo^{[3] [4]} where, as of 2022 Cahn is an emeritus professor.

Work

Cahn is known for her writing on women in sports, adolescence, lesbian history, and chronic illness. Her 1995 book, Coming on Strong: Gender and Sexuality in Twentieth-century Women's Sport examines the role of Title IX in gender equality in sports participation.^[5] The book won an award from the North American Society for Sport History,^{[6] [7]} and a second edition was published in 2015.^[8] Her work on the rise of women's sports teams,^[9] and making women prove their sex^[10] has been covered in multiple news outlets.^[11] In 2012 she wrote about women growing up in the south in Sexual Reckonings: Southern Girls in a Troubling Age.^[12]

Selected publications

• Cahn . Susan K. . 1993 . From the "Muscle Moll" to the "Butch" Ballplayer: Mannishness, Lesbianism, and Homophobia in U.S. Women's Sport . Feminist Studies . 19 . 2 . 343–368 . 10.2307/3178373 . 3178373 . 0046-3663.
• Cahn . Susan K. . 1994 . Sports Talk: Oral History and Its Uses, Problems, and Possibilities for Sport History . The Journal of American History . 81 . 2 . 594–609 . 10.2307/2081175 . 2081175 . 0021-8723.
• Book: Cahn, Susan Kathleen . Coming on strong gender and sexuality in twentieth-century women's sport . 2003 . Harvard Univ. Press . 978-0-674-14434-7 . Cambridge, Mass . English . 249720598.
• Book: Women and sports in the United States : a documentary reader . 2007 . Northeastern University Press . Jean O'Reilly, Susan K. Cahn . 978-1-55553-787-6 . Boston . 794003770.
• Book: Cahn, Susan K. . Sexual reckonings : southern girls in a troubling age . 2012 . Harvard University Press . 978-0-674-06393-8 . Cambridge, Mass. . 768071804.

Awards and honors

In 2013 Cahn was named a William S. Vaughn Visiting Fellow by Vanderbilt University. In 2015, Cahn delivered the John R. Betts lecture at the annual meeting of the North American Society for Sport History.^[13]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cahn, Susan K. - University at Buffalo . 2022-04-29 . arts-sciences.buffalo.edu.
2. Coming on strong: gender and sexuality in women's sport, 1900-1960 . 1990 . English . Susan Kathleen . Cahn. 23257189 .
3. Web site: HISTORY Matters - Department of History, University at Buffalo . 2022-04-29 . yumpu.com . en.
4. Web site: UB historian receives prestigious visiting fellowship at Vanderbilt . 2022-04-29 . www.buffalo.edu . en.
5. Reviews for Coming on strong gender and sexuality in twentieth-century women's sport:
   • Wachs . Faye Linda . 1996 . Review of Coming on Strong: Gender and Sexuality in Twentieth-Century Women's Sport; Women in Baseball: The Forgotten History . Gender and Society . 10 . 3 . 355–357 . 10.1177/089124396010003012 . 189704 . 220469417 . 0891-2432.
   • Del Rey . Patricia . 1994 . Review of Women in Sport: Issues and Controversies; Women in Baseball: The Forgotten History; Coming on Strong: Gender and Sexuality in Twentieth Century Women's Sport . NWSA Journal . 6 . 3 . 497–501 . 4316363 . 1040-0656.
   • Tyrrell . Ian . 1996 . Review of Coming on Strong: Gender and Sexuality in Twentieth-Century Women's Sport. . The Journal of American History . 83 . 2 . 646–647 . 10.2307/2945027 . 2945027 . 0021-8723.
   • Liberti . Rita . 2007 . Review of Women and Sports in the United States: A Documentary Reader . Journal of Sport History . 34 . 3 . 512–513 . 43611781 . 0094-1700.
6. Liberti . Rita . 2013 . Coming On [and Staying] Strong: Gender and Sexuality in Twentieth-Century Women's Sport ]. Journal of Sport History . 40 . 2 . 297–307 . 10.5406/jsporthistory.40.2.297 . 10.5406/jsporthistory.40.2.297 . 160911487 . 0094-1700.
7. Web site: Book Awards . 2022-04-29 . NASSH . en.
8. Web site: Cahn . Susan K. . UI Press Susan K. Cahn Coming On Strong . 2022-04-29 . www.press.uillinois.edu . en.
9. News: Cramer . Maria . 2022-04-28 . How Women's Sports Teams Got Their Start . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-04-29 . 0362-4331.
10. News: Padawer . Ruth . 2016-06-28 . The Humiliating Practice of Sex-Testing Female Athletes . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-04-29 . 0362-4331.
11. Web site: Compton . Julie . March 16, 2022 . Lia Thomas isn't the first female athlete whose victories have been questioned, experts say . 2022-04-29 . NBC News . en.
12. Reviews for Sexual Reckonings: Southern Girls in a Troubling Age
    • Dorr . Lisa Lindquist . 2009-06-01 . Sexual Reckonings: Southern Girls in a Troubling Age . By Susan K. Cahn. (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2007. Pp.375. $29.95.) . The Historian . en . 71 . 2 . 350–351 . 10.1111/j.1540-6563.2009.00240_8.x . 144127849 . 0018-2370.
    • Moran . Jeffrey P. . 2008 . Sexual Reckonings: Southern Girls in a Troubling Age . The American Historical Review . 113 . 5 . 1567–1568 . 10.1086/ahr.113.5.1567 . 0002-8762.
13. Web site: 2015-05-28 . Sport History at "The U": The Forty-Third Annual North American Society for Sport History Convention . 2022-07-24 . Sport in American History . en.