Nancy Woloch (born 1940) is an American historian. Her book ''A Class by Herself: Protective Laws for Women Workers, 1890s–1990s'' won the 2016

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and the William G. Bowen Award for the Outstanding Book on Labor and Public Policy. Woloch is an

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and

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, where she specializes in women's history and the history of education.(archived version)
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, an MA from Columbia University and a PhD from

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. In 2016 ''

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'' chose Woloch as one of 25 historians asked to nominate a "Moment that changed America", and she contributed "FDR Signs the

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(June 25, 1938)".

Selected publications

*''A Class by Herself: Protective Laws for Women Workers, 1890s-1990s'' (2015, Princeton UP, ) *''Women and the American Experience'' (Knopf, 1984; 5th ed. McGraw Hill, 2011 ) *''The American Century: A History of the United States Since the 1890s'', with Walter La Feber and Richard Polenberg (7th ed., 2013, ) *''Early American Women: A Documentary History, 1600-1900'' (2nd edition, 1997, ) *''Muller v. Oregon: A Brief History with Documents'' (1996, Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press, )

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* 1940 births Living people 21st-century American women writers 21st-century American historians American women historians Wellesley College alumni Columbia University alumni Indiana University alumni American historians of education Women's historians Historians from Indiana Barnard College faculty {{US-historian-stub