Nancy A. Hewitt (born 1951) is a

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, winner of the

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, and a leading expert on

gender history Gender history is a sub-field of history and gender studies, which looks at the past from the perspective of gender. It is in many ways, an outgrowth of women's history. The discipline considers in what ways historical events and periodization im ...

and

feminism Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideology, ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social gender equality, equality of the sexes. Feminism holds the position that modern soci ...

Career

After a Bachelors' degree at the State University of New York, Brockport, she obtained her PhD from the

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. From 1996 to 1997, she was a fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in Stanford. Professor Hewitt was

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at the University of Cambridge in 2009-2010. She also taught at the University of South Florida and Duke University.

Research

Hewitt's research focuses on American women's history, nineteenth century U.S. history, women's activism and

in comparative perspective. She has published and edited several books. Her work has been cited in the press including in Slate, The Conversation and there is an interview of her on History Matters.

Selected bibliography

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References

External links

Nancy Hewitt research collection
Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hewitt, Nancy A Living people 1951 births Rutgers University faculty Place of birth missing (living people) State University of New York at Brockport alumni University of Pennsylvania alumni Women's historians American women historians 21st-century American historians Historians of the United States 21st-century American women