ERIC Number: EJ412028
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Scholars of Women's History Fear the Field Has Lost Its Identity.
Winkler, Karen J.
Chronicle of Higher Education, v36 n42 pA4,6 Jul 5 1990
One of the reasons women's history no longer seems as cohesive is that scholars no longer focus only on the importance of gender in shaping women's lives, but also on race and class. Scholars also use competing methodologies, and many are abandoning theories that once helped define the field. (MLW)
Descriptors: Conferences, Conflict, Females, Feminism, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines, Politics, Researchers, Theories, Womens History, Womens Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Berkshire Conference on Womens History
