Nancy Woloch
American historian (born 1940)
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Nancy Woloch (born 1940)[1] is an American historian. Her book A Class by Herself: Protective Laws for Women Workers, 1890s–1990s won the 2016 Philip Taft Labor History Book Award[2] and the William G. Bowen Award for the Outstanding Book on Labor and Public Policy.[3]
Nancy Woloch | |
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| Born | 1940 (age 85–86) |
| Alma mater | Wellesley College (BA), Columbia University (MA), Indiana University (PhD) |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Organization(s) | Adjunct at Barnard College and Columbia University |
Woloch is an adjunct professor at Barnard College and Columbia University, where she specializes in women's history and the history of education.[4][5]
Woloch has a BA from Wellesley College, an MA from Columbia University and a PhD from Indiana University.[4]
In 2016 Time chose Woloch as one of 25 historians asked to nominate a "Moment that changed America", and she contributed "FDR Signs the Fair Labor Standards Act (June 25, 1938)".[6]
Selected publications
- A Class by Herself: Protective Laws for Women Workers, 1890s-1990s (2015, Princeton UP, ISBN 9780691002590)
- Women and the American Experience (Knopf, 1984; 5th ed. McGraw Hill, 2011 ISBN 9780073385570)
- The American Century: A History of the United States Since the 1890s, with Walter La Feber and Richard Polenberg (7th ed., 2013, ISBN 9780765634832)
- Early American Women: A Documentary History, 1600-1900 (2nd edition, 1997, ISBN 9780070715332)
- Muller v. Oregon: A Brief History with Documents (1996, Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press, ISBN 9780312085865)
