Sara M. Evans

Sara Margaret Evans (born December 1, 1943) is an American historian and author. Evans is a Regents Professor Emeritus in the history department at the University of Minnesota. She has also worked as the editor of Feminist Studies and a consulting editor of the Journal of American History. She received her B.A. in 1966 and her M.A. in 1968, both from Duke University. She later received her PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1976 and began teaching at the University of Minnesota that year.

Personal life Evans was born on December 1, 1943, in McCormick, South Carolina.

Evans and the writer Harry C. Boyte were wed on June 5, 1966. They had two children and divorced in 1994.

Books Personal Politics: The Roots of Women's Liberation in the Civil Rights Movement and the New Left (1979) Free Spaces: Sources of Democratic Change in America (1986; 1992 2nd ed.), with Harry C. Boyte Born for Liberty: A History of American Women (1989) Wage Justice: Comparable Worth and the Paradox of Technocratic Reform (1989) with Barbara J. Nelson Journeys That Opened Up the World: Women, Student Christian Movements, and Social Justice, 1955–1975 (2003) Tidal Wave: How Women Changed America at Century's End (2003)

Awards

Her awards include: CLA Dean's Medal, 1999 College of Liberal Arts Scholars of the College, University of Minnesota, 1991 - 1994 McKnight Humanities Scholar, University of Minnesota, 1996 - 1999 McKnight Distinguished University Professorship, beginning in 1997 College of Liberal Arts Dean's Medal, University of Minnesota, 1999 President's Outstanding Service Award, University of Minnesota, 1999 American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship, 2001 - 2002 Award for Outstanding Contributions to Postbaccalaureate, Graduate, and Professional Education, 2002 - 2003 Regents' Professorship, University of Minnesota, 2004

Papers The Sara M. Evans Papers, 1959-2005, are held at the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.