Susan R. Grayzel is an American academic historian. Since 2017, she has been Professor of History at

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, having previously been Professor of History at the

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, where she was also Director of the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies.

Biography

Grayzel graduated from

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with a

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(AB) degree ''

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'' in history and literature in 1986. She completed a

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(MA) degree in Late Modern European History at the

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in 1989, and stayed there to complete a

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(PhD), awarded in 1994 for her

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"Women's Identities at War: The Cultural Politics of Gender in Britain and France, 1914–1919". She joined the Department of History at the

in 1996, eventually becoming Professor of History, but in 2017 moved to

as Professor of History.''Charivari: The Newsletter of the Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies''
(Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies, Fall 2017), p. 7.Michael Newsom
"Isom Center Director Grayzel Returns to Full-Time Teaching"
''Ole Miss News'' (University of Mississippi News), 2 June 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2018. At the University of Mississippi, she was Director of the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies from 2013, having been interim director from 2011 to 2013. In 2014, she became a

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of the

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Research

Grayzel's work has focused on women, war and work in modern Britain. Her publications include:"Susan R. Grayzel"
''The University of Mississippi''. Retrieved 7 February 2018. * ''War: Gender, Motherhood, and Politics in Britain and France during the First World War'' (University of North Carolina Press, 1999). :: Winner of the

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Prize from the North American Conference on British Studies in 2000. * ''Women and the First World War'' (Longman, 2002). * (Co-editor with Philippa Levine) ''Gender, Labour, War and Empire: Essays on Modern Britain'' (Palgrave, 2009). * ''At Home and Under Fire: Air Raids and Culture in Britain from the Great War to the Blitz'' (Cambridge University Press, 2012). * ''The First World War: A Brief History with Documents'', History and Culture Series (Bedford St. Martins, 2012). * (Co-editor with Tammy M. Proctor) ''Gender and the Great War'' (Oxford University Press, 2017).

References

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