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Janet Wilson James (December 23, 1918 – June 10, 1987) was an American historian, educator, and pioneer in the field of women's history.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 33 relations: Academy, American Association for the History of Nursing, Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr., Barbara Sicherman, Berkshire Conference of Women Historians, Biographical dictionary, Boston College, Bryn Mawr College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Curriculum, Dallas, Depression (mood), Doctorate, Gender equality, Harvard University, Hockaday School, Lavinia Dock, Massachusetts, Mills College at Northeastern University, New York City, Notable American Women, 1607–1950, Oakland, California, Organization of American Historians, Radcliffe College, Ray Allen Billington, Schlesinger Library, Smith College, Teaching assistant, Teaching fellow, Wellesley College, Women's history, Women's rights, Women's studies.

  2. Women's studies

Academy

An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership).

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American Association for the History of Nursing

The American Association for the History of Nursing (AAHN) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the history of nursing in various ways, using history to achieve adequate recognition for professional nurses and the pioneers of nursing, and shaping values and beliefs in nursing in the context of history.

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Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr.

Arthur Meier Schlesinger (February 27, 1888 – October 30, 1965) was an American historian who taught at Harvard University, pioneering social history and urban history.

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Barbara Sicherman

Barbara Sicherman is an American historian and academic who specializes in women's history.

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Berkshire Conference of Women Historians

The Berkshire Conference of Women Historians (also known as the "Little Berks") is an organization for female historians.

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Biographical dictionary

A biographical dictionary is a type of encyclopedic dictionary limited to biographical information.

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Boston College

Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

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Bryn Mawr College

Bryn Mawr College (Welsh) is a private women's liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

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Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Curriculum

In education, a curriculum (curriculums or curricula) is the totality of student experiences that occur in an educational process.

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Dallas

Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people.

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Depression (mood)

Depression is a mental state of low mood and aversion to activity.

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Doctorate

A doctorate (from Latin doctor, meaning "teacher") or doctoral degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism licentia docendi ("licence to teach").

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Gender equality

Gender equality, also known as sexual equality or equality of the sexes, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making; and the state of valuing different behaviors, aspirations, and needs equally, regardless of gender.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Hockaday School

The Hockaday School is an independent, secular, college preparatory day school for girls Pre-K through 12 located in Dallas, Texas, United States.

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Lavinia Dock

Lavinia Lloyd Dock (February 26, 1858 – April 17, 1956) was an American nurse, feminist, writer, pioneer in nursing education and social activist.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts (script), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Mills College at Northeastern University

Mills College at Northeastern University in Oakland, California is part of Northeastern University's global university system.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Notable American Women, 1607–1950

Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary is a three-volume biographical dictionary published in 1971. Janet Wilson James and Notable American Women, 1607–1950 are history of women in the United States.

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Oakland, California

Oakland is a city in the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California.

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Organization of American Historians

The Organization of American Historians (OAH), formerly known as the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, is the largest professional society dedicated to the teaching and study of American history.

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Radcliffe College

Radcliffe College was a women's liberal arts college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that was founded in 1879.

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Ray Allen Billington

Ray Allen Billington (September 28, 1903 in Bay City, Michigan - March 7, 1981 in San Marino, California) was an American historian who researched the history of the American frontier and the American West, becoming one of the leading defenders of Frederick Jackson Turner's "Frontier Thesis" from the 1950s to the 1970s, expanding the field of the history of the American West.

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Schlesinger Library

The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America is a research library at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University.

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Smith College

Smith College is a private liberal arts women's college in Northampton, Massachusetts.

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Teaching assistant

A teaching assistant (TA) or education assistant (EA) is an individual who assists a professor or teacher with instructional responsibilities.

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Teaching fellow

A teaching fellow (sometimes referred to as a TF) is an individual at a higher education institution, including universities, whose role involves teaching and potentially pedagogic research.

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Wellesley College

Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

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Women's history

Women's history is the study of the role that women have played in history and the methods required to do so. Janet Wilson James and Women's history are women's studies.

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Women's rights

Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide.

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Women's studies

Women's studies is an academic field that draws on feminist and interdisciplinary methods to place women's lives and experiences at the center of study, while examining social and cultural constructs of gender; systems of privilege and oppression; and the relationships between power and gender as they intersect with other identities and social locations such as race, sexual orientation, socio-economic class, and disability.

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See also

Women's studies

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Wilson_James