No straight path : becoming women historians /

This remarkable book presents ten first-person accounts of women's experiences when they chose to enter the professional world as academic historians. The contributors, all successful female historians, came of age after World War II, in an era when it was unusual for women to think of pursuing...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Jacoway, Elizabeth, 1944- (Editor), Gilmore, Glenda Elizabeth (writer of foreword.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2019]
Subjects:	Women historians > United States > Biography. Women college teachers > United States > Biography. Women college teachers > United States > Social conditions. Southern States > History > Study and teaching.

Table of Contents:

Foreword: Personal histories, professional historians, and truth in the academy / Glenda Gilmore
Introduction / Elizabeth Jacoway
My improbable journey / Jannan Sherman
Clueless / Sheila Skemp
An untidy life in academe / Gail Schmunk Murray
The hive / Beverly Greene Bond
In pursuit of the dream / Elizabeth Jacoway
Vocation / Emily Clark
Creating myself / Pamela Tyler
Once a teacher, always a teacher / Martha Swain
Turning points / Sylvia Frey
The past should be forever / Elizabeth Anne Payne.