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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795101503321

Autore

Reid John G. <1948->

Titolo

Viola Florence Barnes, 1885-1979 : a historian's biography / / John G. Reid

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2005

©2005

ISBN

1-4426-5917-3

1-4426-2807-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Collana

Studies in Gender and History

Disciplina

907.202

Soggetti

Women historians - United States

Historians - United States

College teachers - United States

Women college teachers - United States

History

Biographies.

Electronic books.

Grande-Bretagne Colonies Amérique Historiographie

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 'I desire that my children be strong and forceful': Nebraska Years, 1885-1916 -- 2 'History is my life work': The Emerging Scholar, 1916-1929 -- 3 'A very busy professional woman': Recognition, 1929-1939 -- 4 'I want to build a good strong department': Maturity, 1939-1950 -- 5 'There is not too much time left': Retirement, 1950-1960 -- 6 'I have had a very happy old age': Long Life, 1960-1979 -- 7 Conclusion -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Sommario/riassunto

In this probing biography, John G. Reid examines Barnes's life as a female historian, providing a revealing glimpse into the gendered experience of professional academia in that era.