Studies in Women & Gender
Mailing Address:
Studies in Women
     and Gender
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400172
Charlottesville, VA
22904-4172
Physical Address:
227 Minor Hall
Charlottesville, VA

People

Ann Lane

Ann Lane
Ann J. Lane received a Ph.D.in 1968 from Columbia University in U.S. History. Her initial focus was on the history of the South and on African-American History. Her early career reflects that interest with several publications. With the emergence of the women's movement in the late 1960s and the concurrent growth of women's studies in the academy, she moved to the history of women in America, teaching her first class in women's history in 1970 at Douglass College, Rutgers University. She has published several books on the life and work of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, including a biography. She has also published a book on the feminist historian, Mary Ritter Beard. Her current project is entitled Gender, Power and Sexuality in the Academy: A Cultural History of 'Consensual' Relations.

Address:
Studies in Women and Gender
Minor Hall
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22903
ajl3u@virginia.edu
(434) 982-2962
Fax: 434-924-6969

Education:
Ph.D.   Columbia University (1968)

Employment:
Director, Studies in Women and Gender
Professor of History
University of Virginia

Honors and Awards (selected):

  • 1999 -- Faculty Senate Teaching Initiative Award (with Boris, Milani, and Hays)
  • 1999 -- David Harrison III Award for Undergraduate Advising, UVA.
  • 1990-1992 -- National Science Foundation, Law and Society Division

Publications

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.

Books:

  • 1990 -- To "Herland" and Beyond: The Life and Work of Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Pantheon.
  • 1988 -- Mary Ritter Beard: A Sourcebook. 2nd edition, Northeastern University Press.
  • 1971 -- The Brownsville Affair: National Outrage and Black Reaction. Kennikat Press.

Articles (selected):

  • 1988 -- "Do Women Have a History: Reassessing the Past and Present," With Both Eyes Open: Seeing Beyond Gender. Pilgrim Press.
  • 1985 -- "The Legacy of Women's History," Towards Equitable Education for Women and Men: Models from the Past Decade. Conference Proceedings, Skidmore College.