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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
DuBois became interested in history while in her senior year of high school.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.historians.org/publications-and-directories/perspectives-on-history/summer-2015/aha-member-spotlight-ellen-carol-dubois|title=AHA Member Spotlight: Ellen Carol DuBois|last=Keough|first=Matthew|date=13 August 2015|website=Perspectives on History|publisher=AHA|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref> She earned a B.A. from [[Wellesley College]] in 1968 and a Ph.D. from [[Northwestern University]] in 1975.<ref name=":1" /> DuBois became interested in the [[women's liberation movement]] while she was a graduate student and started working with the [[Chicago Women's Liberation Union]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/celebrating-ellen-dubois-transformative-womens-historian/|title=Celebrating Ellen DuBois, transformative women's historian|last=Gordon|first=Eric A.|date=2017-03-03|website=People's World|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820051710/http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/celebrating-ellen-dubois-transformative-womens-historian/|archive-date=20 August 2017|url-status=|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jwa.org/feminism/dubois-ellen|title=Ellen DuBois|website=Jewish Women's Archive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919013832/https://jwa.org/feminism/dubois-ellen|archive-date=19 September 2017|url-status=|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref> Her interest in the movement led to her becoming "one of the early pioneers of women's history," according to ''[[People's World]]''.<ref name=":0" /> Her work focused on the importance of formal politics and women's history.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Broder|first=Sherri|date=1999|title=The Last Suffragist|journal=Women's Review of Books|volume=16|issue=5|pages=12|doi=10.2307/4023085|jstor=4023085}}</ref>
DuBois became interested in history while in her senior year of high school.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.historians.org/publications-and-directories/perspectives-on-history/summer-2015/aha-member-spotlight-ellen-carol-dubois|title=AHA Member Spotlight: Ellen Carol DuBois|last=Keough|first=Matthew|date=13 August 2015|website=Perspectives on History|publisher=AHA|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref> She earned a B.A. from [[Wellesley College]] in 1968 and a Ph.D. from [[Northwestern University]] in 1975.<ref name=":1" /> DuBois became interested in the [[women's liberation movement]] while she was a graduate student and started working with the [[Chicago Women's Liberation Union]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/celebrating-ellen-dubois-transformative-womens-historian/|title=Celebrating Ellen DuBois, transformative women's historian|last=Gordon|first=Eric A.|date=2017-03-03|website=People's World|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820051710/http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/celebrating-ellen-dubois-transformative-womens-historian/|archive-date=20 August 2017|url-status=|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jwa.org/feminism/dubois-ellen|title=Ellen DuBois|website=Jewish Women's Archive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919013832/https://jwa.org/feminism/dubois-ellen|archive-date=19 September 2017|url-status=|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref> Her interest in the movement led to her becoming "one of the early pioneers of women's history," according to ''[[People's World]]''.<ref name=":0" /> Her work focused on the importance of formal politics and women's history.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Broder|first=Sherri|date=1999|title=The Last Suffragist|journal=Women's Review of Books|volume=16|issue=5|pages=12–13|doi=10.2307/4023085|jstor=4023085}}</ref>


After teaching at the [[University at Buffalo]] for 16 years, she moved to Los Angeles to continue teaching at [[University of California, Los Angeles]] (UCLA).<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.buffalo.edu/ubreporter/archive/vol27/vol27n22/n3.html|title=Ellen DuBois: women's suffrage scholar to lecture March 25|date=March 14, 1996|first=Steve|last=Cox|newspaper=UB Reporter|publisher=[[University at Buffalo]]|accessdate=2016-10-13}}.</ref> She retired from UCLA in 2017.<ref name=":0" />
After teaching at the [[University at Buffalo]] for 16 years, she moved to Los Angeles to continue teaching at [[University of California, Los Angeles]] (UCLA).<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.buffalo.edu/ubreporter/archive/vol27/vol27n22/n3.html|title=Ellen DuBois: women's suffrage scholar to lecture March 25|date=March 14, 1996|first=Steve|last=Cox|newspaper=UB Reporter|publisher=[[University at Buffalo]]|accessdate=2016-10-13}}.</ref> She retired from UCLA in 2017.<ref name=":0" />


==Awards==
In 1998 she won the [[Joan Kelly]] Memorial Prize of the [[American Historical Association]] for her book about [[Harriot Stanton Blatch]], ''Harriot Stanton Blatch and the Winning of Woman Suffrage'' (Yale University Press, 1997).<ref>[https://www.historians.org/awards-and-grants/past-recipients/joan-kelly-memorial-prize-recipients Joan Kelly Memorial Prize Recipients], retrieved 2016-07-31.</ref>
In 1998, she won the [[Joan Kelly]] Memorial Prize of the [[American Historical Association]] for her book about [[Harriot Stanton Blatch]], ''Harriot Stanton Blatch and the Winning of Woman Suffrage'' (Yale University Press, 1997).<ref>[https://www.historians.org/awards-and-grants/past-recipients/joan-kelly-memorial-prize-recipients Joan Kelly Memorial Prize Recipients], retrieved 2016-07-31.</ref>


==Selected publications==
==Selected publications==


* "Working Women, Class Relations and Suffrage Militance: Harriot Stanton Blatch and the New York Woman Suffrage Movement, 1894-1910", Journal of American History, June 1987
* "Working Women, Class Relations and Suffrage Militance: [[Harriot Stanton Blatch]] and the New York Woman Suffrage Movement, 1894-1910", Journal of American History, June 1987
* Feminism and Suffrage: The Emergence of an Independent Women's Movement in America 1848-1869 (Author) <ref>[http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140100407750 Feminism and Suffrage], Cornell Press</ref>
* ''Feminism and Suffrage: The Emergence of an Independent Women's Movement in America 1848-1869'' <ref>[http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140100407750 Feminism and Suffrage], Cornell Press</ref> (1978)
* Through Women's Eyes: An American History with Documents (with [[Lynn Dumenil]]) <ref>[http://www.macmillanlearning.com/catalog/search.aspx?search=through%20women%27s%20eyes&sitesearch=1 Through Women's Eyes], Macmillan Learning</ref>
* ''Through Women's Eyes: An American History with Documents'' (with [[Lynn Dumenil]])<ref>[http://www.macmillanlearning.com/catalog/search.aspx?search=through%20women%27s%20eyes&sitesearch=1 Through Women's Eyes], Macmillan Learning</ref> (2005)
* ''Suffrage: Women's Long Battle for the Vote'' (2020)

==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
*[https://ellencaroldubois.com/ Personal website]
*[https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/dubois-ellen Jewish Women's Archive page]


==References==
==References==
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Ellen DuBois
OccupationResearcher, professor, writer
NationalityAmerican
Education
Notable awardsJoan Kelly Memorial Prize
Website
www.history.ucla.edu/faculty/ellen-dubois

Ellen Carol DuBois is a professor of history and gender studies. She has taught at the University at Buffalo and ended her career at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). DuBois retired from UCLA in 2017. She is known for her pioneering work in women's history and for her history books.

Biography

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DuBois became interested in history while in her senior year of high school.[1] She earned a B.A. from Wellesley College in 1968 and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 1975.[1] DuBois became interested in the women's liberation movement while she was a graduate student and started working with the Chicago Women's Liberation Union.[2][3] Her interest in the movement led to her becoming "one of the early pioneers of women's history," according to People's World.[2] Her work focused on the importance of formal politics and women's history.[4]

After teaching at the University at Buffalo for 16 years, she moved to Los Angeles to continue teaching at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).[5] She retired from UCLA in 2017.[2]

Awards

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In 1998, she won the Joan Kelly Memorial Prize of the American Historical Association for her book about Harriot Stanton Blatch, Harriot Stanton Blatch and the Winning of Woman Suffrage (Yale University Press, 1997).[6]

Selected publications

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  • "Working Women, Class Relations and Suffrage Militance: Harriot Stanton Blatch and the New York Woman Suffrage Movement, 1894-1910", Journal of American History, June 1987
  • Feminism and Suffrage: The Emergence of an Independent Women's Movement in America 1848-1869 [7] (1978)
  • Through Women's Eyes: An American History with Documents (with Lynn Dumenil)[8] (2005)
  • Suffrage: Women's Long Battle for the Vote (2020)
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References

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  1. ^ a b Keough, Matthew (13 August 2015). "AHA Member Spotlight: Ellen Carol DuBois". Perspectives on History. AHA. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  2. ^ a b c Gordon, Eric A. (2017-03-03). "Celebrating Ellen DuBois, transformative women's historian". People's World. Archived from the original on 20 August 2017. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  3. ^ "Ellen DuBois". Jewish Women's Archive. Archived from the original on 19 September 2017. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  4. ^ Broder, Sherri (1999). "The Last Suffragist". Women's Review of Books. 16 (5): 12–13. doi:10.2307/4023085. JSTOR 4023085.
  5. ^ Cox, Steve (March 14, 1996), "Ellen DuBois: women's suffrage scholar to lecture March 25", UB Reporter, University at Buffalo, retrieved 2016-10-13.
  6. ^ Joan Kelly Memorial Prize Recipients, retrieved 2016-07-31.
  7. ^ Feminism and Suffrage, Cornell Press
  8. ^ Through Women's Eyes, Macmillan Learning
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