Southern Association for Women Historians
| Formation | November 1970 |
|---|---|
| Founded at | Louisville, Kentucky |
| Type | Public charity |
| 30-0748280[1] | |
Key people | Angela Boswell (President) |
| Website |
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The Southern Association for Women Historians is an American nonprofit professional association formed in 1970 in Louisville, Kentucky.
History
In December 1969, a group of women historians associated with the American Historical Association formed an independent association, the Coordinating Committee on Women in the Historical Profession. At a November 1970 meeting of the Southern Historical Association, several women who had attended that previous meeting formed the Southern Association of Women Historians in Louisville, Kentucky.[2] In 1983, it was renamed to the Southern Association for Women Historians.[3] Their first conference was in 1988 in Spartanburg, South Carolina.[4] The conference has been held every three years since then.[5] The talks at these conferences have been well received.[6] In 1989, they established the A. Elizabeth Taylor Prize for the best scholarly article on Southern women's history, and in 1992 established the Jacquelyn Dowd Prize for the best graduate student paper submitted to their conference.[7]
References
- ↑ "Exempt Organizations Select Check". Internal Revenue Service. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
- ↑ Schulz & Turner 2004, p. 7–9.
- ↑ Gillespie & Clinton 1998, p. 2.
- ↑ Schulz & Turner 2004, p. 13.
- ↑ McMillen 2008, p. 191.
- ↑ Gillespie & Clinton 1998, p. 4.
- ↑ Schulz & Turner 2004, p. 15.
Sources
- Schulz, Constance B.; Turner, Elizabeth Hayes (2004). Clio's Southern Sisters: Interviews with Leaders of the Southern Association for Women Historians. University of Missouri Press. ISBN 9780826264282.
- Gillespie, Michele; Clinton, Catherine (1998). Taking Off the White Gloves: Southern Women and Women Historians. University of Missouri Press. ISBN 9780826212092.
- McMillen, Sally G. (2008). "Women in the Old South". In Boles, John B. A Companion to the American South. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781405138307.