Kerber, Linda K(aufman)

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KERBER, Linda K(aufman)

KERBER, Linda K(aufman). American, b. 1940. Genres: History, Women's studies and issues. Career: Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, NYC, lecturer, 1963-67, assistant professor, 1968; San Jose State College, CA, assistant professor, 1969-70; Stanford University, CA, visiting assistant professor, 1970-71; University of Iowa, Iowa City, associate professor, 1971-75, professor of history, 1975-85, May Brodbeck professor of liberal arts, 1985-. University of Chicago, IL, visiting professor, 1991-92. American Academy of Arts and Sciences, fellow. Publications: Federalists in Dissent: Imagery and Ideology in Jeffersonian America, 1970; Women of the Republic: Intellect and Ideology in Revolutionary America, 1980; Toward an Intellectual History of Women: Essays, 1997; No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies: Women and the Obligations of Citizenship, 1998. EDITOR: (with J. De Hart-Mathews) Women's America: Refocusing the Past, 1982, 5th ed., 2000; (and contrib, with A. Kessler-Harris and K.K. Sklar) U.S. History as Women's History: New Feminist Essays, 1995. Contributor to professional journals. Address: University of Iowa, Department of History, Iowa City, IA 52242, U.S.A.

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