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Vanessa May
Vanessa May is an Instructor in Studies in Women and Gender. She received her Ph.D. in 2007 from the University of Virginia in American History, specializing in the history of women in the nineteenth- and twentieth-century United States. Her dissertation, "Working in Public and in Private: Domestic Service, Women's Reform, and the Meaning of the Middle-Class Home in New York City, 1870-1940," examines the debate over wage and hour legislation for domestic workers through the lens of worker activism, middle-class reform, and the issues of public and private. Her research interests include the history of women's activism, cross-class reform, and the intersections between gender and public policy. She has presented her work at various conferences.
Address:
Studies in Women and Gender
227 Minor Hall, P.O. Box 400172
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4172
vhm4z@virginia.edu
(434) 982-2961
Fax: (434) 924-6969
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