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Lisa H. Wilson <lhwil@conncoll.edu> Connecticut College Connecticut Family history; Connecticut Gender history; Southeastern Connecticut history; Connecticut Native American and African/African American history. |
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Address: | Dept. of History Connecticut College 270 Mohegan Ave. New London, Connecticut 06360 United States |
Primary Phone: | (860) 439-2246 |
Fax Number: | (860) 439-5332 |
List Affiliations: | Advisory Board Member for H-Connecticut |
Interests: | American History / Studies Women, Gender, and Sexuality |
Bio: EDUCATION 1979-1986 Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. Degrees: M.A.(1982), Ph.D. (1986). Fields: Early North American History; Gender History; United States Social History. Dissertation: Widowhood and Womanhood in Early America: The Experience of Women in Philadelphia and Chester Counties, 1750-1850. 1975-1979 Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA. Degree: B.A. in History and Classics. FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS Elected, Corresponding Member, Massachusetts Historical Society, 2004 Charles J. MacCurdy Professor of American History, 2003. Phi Alpha Theta Book Award (2000) for the best “subsequent” book published by a member of Phi Alpha Theta in the field of History. 2000 Homer D. Babbidge, Jr., Book Award for the best work on a significant aspect of Connecticut history published in 1999. Class of 1964 Associate Professor at Connecticut College, 1994-95 and 1995-96. Charles Warren Fellow, Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, Harvard University, 1991-1992 (joint appointment). Andrew W. Mellon Faculty Fellowship in the Humanities, Harvard University, 1991-1992 (joint appointment). Hewlett-Mellon stipend for faculty development, Connecticut College, 1991-1992. Yale/Mellon Visiting Faculty Program, Yale University, 1991-92 (declined). NEH Summer Teaching Institute on Classic Early American Texts, University of Connecticut, June 1989. Richard L. Morton Award for the best article in the William and Mary Quarterly submitted by a graduate student, 1987. Non-Stipendiary Affiliation at the Philadelphia Center for Early American Studies, 1985-1986 and 1986-1987. Kramer Award for the outstanding graduate student in American History, 1984-1985 academic year. Andrew W. Mellon Dissertation Fellowship and the Marguerite Bartlett Hamer History Fellowship at the Philadelphia Center for Early American Studies, 1984-1985. Summer Research Fellowship, 1982 and 1984. Preliminary Ph.D. exams passed with distinction, 1982. Research Assistant, 1981-1982 and 1982-1983. Teaching Assistant, 1979-1980, 1980-1981 and 1983-1984. PUBLICATIONS Ye Heart of a Man: The Domestic Life of Men in Colonial New England (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999). "'Ye Heart of a Father:' Male Parenting in Colonial New England," The Journal of Family History, part of a special issue on Fatherhood, edited by Robert L. Griswold (July 1999), 255-274. “’Bagged’: Manhood and Courtship in Eighteenth-Century Connecticut,” Connecticut College Magazine (Winter 1999), 20-21. "A Marriage 'Well-Ordered:' Love, Power, and Partnership in Colonial New England," A Shared Experience: Men, Women, and the History of Gender, ed. Laura McCall and Donald Yacovone (New York: New York University Press, 1998), 78-97. Life After Death: Widows in Pennsylvania, 1750-1850 (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992). "A Widow's Sphere in Early Pennsylvania," Connecticut College Alumni Magazine (December 1990), 5-6. "Women in Early America" in Women's History, (Selected course outlines and reading lists from American Colleges and Universities: vol.10) ed. Annette K. Baxter and Louise L. Stevenson (New York: Markus Wiener Publishing, 1987). Response to "A Further Look at Widows in Early Southeastern Pennsylvania" by Deborah Mathias Gough, William and Mary Quarterly 44 (October 1987), 835-839. Lisa Wilson Waciega, "A 'Man of Business': The Widow of Means in Southeastern Pennsylvania, 1750-1850," William and Mary Quarterly 44 (January 1987), 40-64. Collaborator on an insert for Women's History Month in the Philadelphia Inquirer, 1986. REVIEWS Book Review of Reforming Men & Women: Gender in the Antebellum City (2002) by Bruce Dorsey, Social History (February 2004). Book Review of Within Her Power: Propertied Women in Colonial Virgina(2002) by Linda L. Sturtz, American Historical Review(October 2003). Book Review of Walking in the Way of Peace; Quaker Pacifism in the Seventeenth Century (2001) by Meredith Baldwin Weddle, Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (October 2002). Book Review of Sex Without Consent: Rape and Sexual Coercion in America (2001) edited by Merril D. Smith, Journal of the Early Republic (Summer 2002). Book Review of Family Men: Middle-Class Fatherhood in Early Industrializing America (2001) by Shawn Johansen, Journal of the Early Republic (Spring 2002). Book Review of Elizabeth Murray: A Woman’s Pursuit of Independence in Eighteenth-Century America (2000) by Patricia Cleary,Journal of American History (March 2002). Book Review of Not All Wives: Women in Colonial Philadelphia (2000) by Karin Wulf, American Historical Review (October 2001). Book Review of Captain Ahab Had a Wife: New England Women and the Whalefishery, 1720-1870 (2000) by Lisa Norling, Journal of the Early Republic (Summer 2001). Book Review of In the New England Fashion: Reshaping Women’s Lives in the Nineteenth Century (1999) by Catherine E. Kelly, Journal of American History (September 2000). Book Review of Ebb Tide in New England: Women, Seaports, and Social Change, 1630-1800 (1998) by Elaine Forman Crane. American Historical Review (February 2000). Book Review of The Sacred Remains: American Attitudes Toward Death, 1799-1883 (1996) by Gary Laderman, Journal of the Early Republic (Fall 1997). Book Review of All Our Yesterdays: A Century of Family Life in an American Small Town (1993) by James Oliver Robertson and Janet C. Robertson, Connecticut History (Fall 1994). Book Review of American Manhood: Transformations in Masculinity from the Revolution to the Modern Era (1993) by E. Anthony Rotundo, Gateway Heritage (Spring 1994). Book Review of Portia: The World of Abigail Adams (1992) by Edith B. Gelles, The New England Quarterly (December 1993). Book Review of A Family Venture: Men and Women on the Southern Frontier (1991) by Joan E. Cashin, Journal of the Early Republic (Summer 1993). Book Review of Robert Cole's World: Agriculture & Society in Early Maryland (1991) by Lois Green Carr, Russell R. Menard, and Lorena S. Walsh, Pennsylvania History (October 1992). Book Review of Married Women's Separate Property in England, 1660-1833 (1990) by Susan Staves, Business History Review (Summer 1991). Book Review of Private Matters: American Attitudes toward Childbearing and Infant Nurture in the Urban North, 1800- 1860 (1989) by Sylvia D. Hoffert, Connecticut History (November 1990). Book Review of Women and the Law of Property in Early America (1986) by Marylynn Salmon; Sex in Middlesex: Popular Mores in a Massachusetts County, 1649-1699 (1986) by Roger Thompson; The Journal of Esther Burr, 1754-1757 (1984) ed. Carol F. Karlsen and Laurie Crumpacker; New World, New Roles: A Documentary History of Women in Pre-Industrial America(1986) ed. Sylvia R. Frey and Marian J. Morton, SIGNS (Summer 1988). Book Review of 1676: The End of American Independence (1984) by Stephen Saunders Webb, Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1985). PAPERS Chair and Commentator for a session, “Narratives of Marital Conflict in Early America,” presented at the Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting, March 2004. Chair and Organizer for a session, “Historical Archaeology and the Unwritten Record of African and Native People,” presented at the Boston Area Seminar in Early American History, November 2003. “Gender in Colonial New England,” Colonial Life and the American Revolution: Bringing the Past to Life in the Classroom, National Heritage Museum, Lexington, Massachusetts, September 2003. Chair for a session, “The Female Victim,” presented at the American Studies Association Annual Meeting, October 2003. Commentator and Chair for a session, “Narratives of Marital Conflict in Early America,” presented at the New England Historical Association Fall Meeting, October 2002. Nominated by the organization as the best session at the conference. NEHA recommended the session for inclusion in the next OAH Annual Meeting schedule. “Silas Deane: Kindly Patriarch or Evil Stepfather,” presented at the Association for the Study of Connecticut History spring meeting, April 2002. Presenter and Organizer for a session, “The Frontiers of Family History: Stepfamilies in Comparative Perspective,” presented at the American Historical Association Annual Meeting, January 2002. Paper entitled, “The In-Laws: Stepfamily Relationships in Colonial New England.” Chair for a session, “Pansies, Politicians, and Prisoners: Manhood and Masculinity in Eighteenth-Century America,” presented at the Sixth Annual OIEAHC Conference, June 2000. Commentator and Chair for a session, “New England’s Colonial Women: Confronting Social and Political Issues,” presented at the New England Historical Association Fall Meeting, October 1999. Commentator for a session, “The Liaisons of Youth: A Century of Courtship and Prostitution in Early America,” presented at the Organization for American Historians Annual Meeting, April 1999. Commentator and Organizer for a session, “Manhood and Biography: Defining Masculinity in Men’s Lives,” presented at the New England Historical Association Fall Meeting, October 1998. “Making Men: Fathering Sons in Early New England,” panelist for the Annual Joshua Hempstead Lecture Program, September 1998. "Serviceableness and Competency: The Language of Work in Early New England," presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Connecticut History, November 1997. Presenter and Organizer for a session, "Lovers and Seducers: Manhood and Courtship in Early America," presented at the Third Annual OIEAHC Conference, June 1997. Paper entitled, "'Bagged:' Manhood and Courtship in Eighteenth-Century Connecticut." "'Domestick Concerns:' The Private Life of Men in Puritan New England," presented at the Transformation of Philadelphia Group of the Philadelphia Center for Early American Studies, University of Pennsylvania, October 1995. Panelist for a session, "History Teaching, Research, and Job Opportunities," presented at Temple University, Department of History, April 1993. "Manhood in Early New England," presented at the Transformation of Philadelphia Group of the Philadelphia Center for Early American Studies, University of Pennsylvania, October 1992. "Choosing a Wife in Early New England," presented at the Charles Warren Center, Harvard University, April 1992. “Women and the Family in Early Pennsylvania," presented as part of a panel, "The Middle Colonies in Comparative Perspective: Toward a Definition of Regional Distinctiveness," at the Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting, April 1992. "Women's History, Men's History, Gender History," presented at Boston University, American Studies Department, March 1992. "'Lady Longforit': Widows in Early American Fiction," presented at the Boston Area Seminar in Early American History, November 1991. Commentator for a session, "Revisiting the Separate Spheres: The Evidence from the U.S. and England in the Nineteenth Century," presented at the Social Science History Association Annual Meeting, October 1991. Commentator for a session, "Women in Trades in Early Philadelphia," presented at the American Historical Association Annual Meeting, December 1990. Commentator for a session, "Private Lives in a Colonial City: Women and Family in Eighteenth-Century Philadelphia” presented at the Northeastern Division of the Eighteenth Century Studies Association Annual Meeting, 1986. "A Struggle for Independence: The Poor Widow in Southeastern Pennsylvania, 1750-1850," presented at the Pennsylvania Historical Association Annual Meeting, 1986. "A Widow's Sphere: The Widow of Means in Philadelphia and Chester Counties, 1750-1850," presented at the Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting, April 1986. "A 'Man of Business': The Widow of Means in Philadelphia and Chester Counties, 1750-1850," presented at the Philadelphia Center for Early American Studies, March 1985. "Studying Widowhood in Philadelphia and Chester Counties, 1750- 1850," presented at the 1984 Berkshire Conference on the History of Women. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Sept. 2001 – Present New London County Historical Society, Board Member, New London, CT. May 2001 – 2002 Norwich Heritage Trust, Board Member, Norwich, CT. 2000 – Present Steering Committee Member, Boston Area Seminar in Early American History, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA. 2000 – 2002 Executive Committee Member, New England Historical Association. 1999 – Present Professor, Connecticut College, New London, CT. 1995 - 2003 Consulting Scholar, Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame, Hartford, CT. 1998 – 2001 Chair, Department of History, Connecticut College, New London, CT. 1998 Judge, Noah Webster House Essay Contest, West Hartford, CT. 1994 - 1997 Editorial Board, Connecticut History. 1993/94 Director of Gender and Women's Studies, Connecticut College, New London, CT. 1993 – 1999 Associate Professor, Connecticut College, New London, CT. 1987 - 1993 Assistant Professor, Connecticut College, New London, CT. 1986 - 1987 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA. 1983 - 1984 Editorial Assistant, Temple University Press, Philadelphia, PA. 1981 Graduate Assistant, Social Science Data Library, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. 1980 Exhibit Coordinator, Philadelphia Area Cultural Consortium at The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. 1980 Seasonal Interpreter, Valley Forge National Historical Park, Valley Forge, PA. 1979 - 1980 Graduate Assistant, Urban Archives, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Reviewer William and Mary Quarterly, Journal of American History, American Historical Review, Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Connecticut History, Journal of Women's History, Journal of Family History, Oxford University Press, Routledge Press, Wadsworth Publishing Company, Northeastern University Press, and Susquehanna University Press, University of Massachusetts Press. Radio interview, Faith Middleton Show, Connecticut Public Radio, 2/27/02 Courses teaching now: Colonial History of North America The Revolutionary Era Introduction to the History of the United States Gender in a Multicultural America The Whaling City: Early America, the View from New London, Connecticut Purtitan New England Previously taught: Slavery in American History Issues in American Social History History Honors Seminar Pocahontas, John Smith, and Nat Turner: The Colonial Chesapeake |