Ann J. Lane

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Professor (1990)

U.S. Cultural, Women's

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Office: 227 Minor Hall

Phone: (434) 982-2961

Fax: (434) 924-7891

Email: ajl3u@virginia.edu

Education

B.A. Brooklyn College 1952
M.A. New York Univ. 1958
Ph.D. Columbia 1968
Ann J. Lane

Publications, Awards, and Activities

To "Herland" and Beyond: The Life and Work of Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Pantheon, 1990.

Mary Ritter Beard: A Sourcebook. 2nd edition, Northeastern University Press, 1988.

The Brownsville Affair: National Outrage and Black Reaction. Kennikat Press, 1971.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman entry, The Routledge Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Political Thinkers. London, forthcoming, and The Readers' Encyclopedia of American Heritage Eric Foner and John A. Garraty, editors, Houghton Mifflin Company forthcoming.

"Do Women Have a History: Reassessing the Past and Present," With Both Eyes Open: Seeing Beyond Gender Pilgrim Press, 1988.

"The Legacy of Women's History," Towards Equitable Education for Women and Men: Models from the Past Decade. Conference Proceedings, Skidmore College, 1985.

Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Fellowship, Summer 1988.

Ford Foundation grant, 1981-82.

National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, 1980-81.

Research Associate, the Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College, 1977-79.

American Council of Learned Societies, Summer 1974.

Current Research

A study of the case of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission versus Sears, Roebuck and Company. Sears, the largest employer of women outside of the federal government, was found innocent of the charge of sex discrimination in a landmark 1986 case.