Suzanne Lebsock
Suzanne Lebsock (born December 1, 1949 in Williston ) is an award-winning American historian and author.
Life
Her first book, The Free Women of Petersburg: Status and Culture in a Southern Town, 1784-1860 , she published in 1984 and won the Bancroft Prize . In the 2003 book A Murder in Virginia: Southern Justice on Trial , she dealt with the murder of Lucy Pollard in Lunenburg County in 1895 .
Her specialty is the history of women in the USA. She was awarded the Francis Parkman Prize and was Professor of History at Rutgers University in New Brunswick , New Jersey .
Lebsock has won fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation .
Private
Lebsock was married to Richard Levis McCormick , a former president of Rutgers University , with whom she has two children.
Works
- The Free Women of Petersburg: Status and Culture in a Southern Town, 1784-1860 , 1984, ISBN 978-0-393-95264-3
- with Kym Rice: A Share of Honor: Virginia Women, 1600–1945 , 1985, ISBN 978-0-88490-139-6
- with Nancy A Hewitt: Visible Women: New Essays on American Activism (Women in American History) , Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1993, ISBN 978-0-252-06333-6
- A Murder in Virginia: Southern Justice on Trial , 2003, ISBN 978-0-393-04201-6
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ OAH Lecturer - Suzanne Lebsock ( Memento from June 20, 2007 in the web archive archive.today )
- ^ Website at Rutgers University
- ↑ Current Fellows: Suzanne Lebsock ( Memento from December 24, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lebsock, Suzanne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American historian and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Williston |