Kathryn Kish Sklar

Kathryn (Kitty) Kish Sklar (born December 1939) is an American historian, author, and professor. Her work focuses on the history of women's participation in social movements, voluntary organizations, and American public culture.

Life and career Sklar was born on December 26, 1939, in Columbus, Ohio. She served as Distinguished Professor of History at the Binghamton University from 1988 to 2012 and became a Distinguished Professor Emerita at Binghamton University in 2012.

At UCLA, Sklar created the "Workshop on Teaching U.S. Women's History."

In 1997, Sklar received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to begin the Women in Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000 project as a senior seminar at Binghamton University. The project rapidly expanded to become one of the premier resources online for the study of U.S. women's history. The site includes over one hundred document projects, and Sklar continues to release biannual editions of new document projects and full-text sources for the study of women's history with historian Thomas Dublin.

From 2005 to 2006 Sklar was the Harmsworth Professor of U.S. History at Oxford University. 2005–2006, Harmsworth Professor of U.S. History, University of Oxford 2003–2004, Grant Recipient, National Endowment for the Humanities 2000–2002, University Scholar-in-Residence Award, American Association of University Women Educational Foundation 1992–1993, Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 1987–1988, Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Stanford University 1984-1985 (postponed to 1985–1986), Fellow, Guggenheim Fellowship 1981–1982, Fellow, Rockefeller Foundation Humanities Fellowship 1973–1974, Grant Recipient, Ford Foundation Faculty Research Grant for the Study of Women in Society

Awards 1996, Berkshire Book Prize 1974, Berkshire Book Prize

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