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.Library of Congress Authority File She received a Bachelor of Arts (1965) degree from Harvard College and Radcliffe College, graduating magna cum laude in history and literature. She received a Master of Arts (1967) and Ph.D. (1969) from University of Michigan in U.S. and comparative history.
After completing her Ph.D., Sklar worked as a lecturer and assistant professor at University of Michigan (1969–1974) before becoming an Associate Professor (1974–1981) and Professor (1981–1988) of History at the University of California Los Angeles. 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.Anderson, Bonnie S., "Database: Women and Social Movements in the United States," Women's History Review, 19 no. 5 (November 2010): 795-817. 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.Newman, Louise, "Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000: Scholars Edition," in Journal of American History, 98 no. 1 (June 2001): 310-312.
From 2005 to 2006 Sklar was the Harmsworth Professor of U.S. History at Oxford University.
Sklar currently resides in Berkeley, California, with her partner Thomas Dublin.
Fellowships, grants, and awards Fellowships and grants 2007, Resident Scholar, Organization of American HistoriansPast Recipients of the Japan Residencies, Organization of American Historians 2005–2006, Harmsworth Professor of U.S. History, University of Oxford 2004–2006, Grant Recipient, National Historical Publications and Records CommissionNewsletter, May 2009, National Historical Publications & Records Commission 2003–2004, Grant Recipient, National Endowment for the Humanities 2000–2002, University Scholar-in-Residence Award, American Association of University Women Educational Foundation 1998–1999, Fellow, National Endowment for the Humanities 1995–1996, Fellow, National Humanities Research Center 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
Works
See also Jewish Women's Archive
References
External sources Women and Social Movements, International 1840-Present