Tentler, Leslie Woodcock 1945-

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Tentler, Leslie Woodcock 1945-

PERSONAL:

Born February 20, 1945, in Muskegon, MI; daughter of Leonard (a labor leader and diplomat) and Loula (a medical technologist and administrator) Woodcock; married Thomas N. Tentler (a professor of history), September 2, 1971; children: Sarah Margaret, Gregory John, Daniel Leonard. Ethnicity: "Anglo/Irish-American." Education: University of Michigan, B.A., 1967, Ph.D., 1975. Politics: Democrat. Religion: Roman Catholic.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Washington, DC. Office—Department of History, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20003. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

University of Michigan—Dearborn, began as assistant professor, became professor of history, 1974-98; Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, professor of history, 1998—.

MEMBER:

American Historical Association, American Catholic Historical Association.

WRITINGS:

Wage-Earning Women, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 1979.

Seasons of Grace (nonfiction), Wayne State University Press (Detroit, MI), 1990.

Catholics and Contraception: An American History, Cornell University Press (Ithaca, NY), 2004.