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.
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.[2] She served as Distinguished Professor of History at the
Binghamton University from 1988-2012 and became a Distinguished Professor Emerita at Binghamton University in 2012.[3][4]
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.[5] 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.[6]
From 2005-2006 Sklar was the Harmsworth Professor of U.S. History at
Oxford University.[4]
Sklar currently resides in
Berkeley, California, with her partner Thomas Dublin.
Fellowships, grants, and awards
Fellowships and grants
2007, Resident Scholar, Organization of American Historians[7]
2005-2006, Harmsworth Professor of U.S. History, University of Oxford[4]
2004-2006, Grant Recipient, National Historical Publications and Records Commission[8]
2003-2004, Grant Recipient, National Endowment for the Humanities[9]
2000-2002, University Scholar-in-Residence Award, American Association of University Women Educational Foundation[4]
1998-1999, Fellow, National Endowment for the Humanities[2]
1995-1996, Fellow, National Humanities Research Center[10]
1992-1993, Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars[4]
1987-1988, Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Stanford University[4]
1984-1985 (postponed to 1985-1986), Fellow, Guggenheim Fellowship[4]
1981-1982, Fellow, Rockefeller Foundation Humanities Fellowship[4]
1973-1974, Grant Recipient, Ford Foundation Faculty Research Grant for the Study of Women in Society[4]
^Anderson, Bonnie S., "Database: Women and Social Movements in the United States," Women's History Review, 19 no. 5 (November 2010): 795-817.
^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.
^Past Recipients of the Japan Residencies, Organization of American Historians
[1]
^Newsletter, May 2009, National Historical Publications & Records Commission
[2]