Ellen DuBois | |
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| Occupation | Researcher, professor, writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | |
| Notable awards | Joan Kelly Memorial Prize |
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Ellen Carol DuBois is a professor ofhistory andgender studies. She has taught at theUniversity at Buffalo and ended her career at theUniversity of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). DuBois retired from UCLA in 2017. She is known for her pioneering work in women's history and for her history books.
DuBois became interested in history while in her senior year of high school.[1] She earned a B.A. fromWellesley College in 1968 and a Ph.D. fromNorthwestern University in 1975.[1] DuBois became interested in thewomen's liberation movement while she was a graduate student and started working with theChicago Women's Liberation Union.[2][3] Her interest in the movement led to her becoming "one of the early pioneers of women's history," according toPeople's World.[2] Her work focused on the importance of formal politics and women's history.[4]
After teaching at theUniversity at Buffalo for 16 years, she moved to Los Angeles to continue teaching atUniversity of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).[5] She retired from UCLA in 2017.[2]
In 1998, she won theJoan Kelly Memorial Prize of theAmerican Historical Association for her book aboutHarriot Stanton Blatch,Harriot Stanton Blatch and the Winning of Woman Suffrage (Yale University Press, 1997).[6]
