Estelle Freedman

Edgar E. Robinson Professor in U.S. History

At Stanford Since 1976

Ph.D., Columbia University 1976
M.A., Columbia 1972
B.A., Barnard College 1969

• U.S. Women's History, 1890s-1990s
• Introduction to Feminist Studies
• History of Sexuality in the U.S.
• U.S. Core Colloquium, Late 19th century social/women's history
• Graduate Research Seminar on Women's, Family, and Sexual History
• Frosh Seminar on "The Body"
  

• No Turning Back: The History of Feminism and the Future of Women (New York: Ballantine Books, 2002)
• Maternal Justice: Miriam Van Waters and the Female Reform Tradition (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996)
• Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America (with John D'Emilio) (New York: Harper and Row, 1988; rev. ed. University of Chicago Press, 1997)
• Their Sisters' Keepers: Women's Prison Reform in America, 1830-1930 (Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1981)
• The Lesbian Issue: Essays From Signs, eds. Freedman, Gelpi, Johnson and Weston (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985)
• Victorian Women: A Documentary Account of Women's Lives in Nineteenth-Century England, France and the United States, eds. Hellerstein, Hume and Offen; associate eds. Freedman, Gelpi and Yalom (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1981)

ARTICLES AND ESSAYS

• "The Trials of Miriam Van Waters," in Forgotten Heroes of America's Past, ed. Susan Ware (Free Press, 1998)
• "'The Burning of Letters Continues': Elusive Identities and the Historical Construction of Sexuality," Journal of Women's History (Winter 1998)
• "The History of the Family and the History of Sexuality," in The New American History, ed. Eric Foner (Temple University Press, 1997)
• "The Prison Lesbian: Race, Class, and the Construction of the Aggressive Female Homosexual, 1915-1965," Feminist Studies (Summer, 1996)
• "The Social Construction of Homosexuality," Socialist Review (Summer, 1996)
• "Separatism Revisited: Women's Institutions, Social Reform, and the Career of Miriam Van Waters," in U.S. History as Women's History: New Feminist Essays, eds. Linda Kerber, Alice Kessler-Harris, Kathryn Kish Sklar (University of North Carolina Press, 1995)
• "The Manipulation of History at the Clarence Thomas Hearings," Chronicle of Higher Education (January 8, 1992); reprinted Southern California Law Review 65:3 (March 1992)
• "Small Group Pedagogy: Consciousness Raising in Conservative Times," NWSA Journal 2:4 (Autumn, 1990), reprinted in Tilting the Tower, ed. Linda Garber (N.Y.: Routledge, 1994)
• "Problems Encountered in Writing the History of Sexuality: Sources, Theory, and Interpretation," The Journal of Sex Research 27:4 (November, 1990) (with John D'Emilio)
• "Historical Interpretation and Legal Advocacy: Rethinking the Webster Amicus Brief," The Public Historian 12:3 (Summer 1990)
• "'Uncontrolled Desires': The Response to the Sexual Psychopath, 1920-1960," Journal of American History 74: 1 (June, 1987)
• "Sentiment and Discipline: Women's Prison Experiences in Nineteenth Century America," Prologue: Journal of the National Archives (Winter, 1984)
• "Sexuality in Nineteenth-Century America: Behavior, Ideology and Politics," Reviews in American History (December, 1982)
• "Separatism as Strategy: Female Institution Building and American Feminism, 1870-1930," Feminist Studies 5 (Fall, 1979), 512-529.
• "The New Woman: Changing Views of Women in the 1920s," Journal of American History (September, 1974), 373-393
• "Their Sisters' Keepers: An Historical Perspective on Female Correctional Institutions in America, 1870-1900," Feminist Studies (1974), 77-95

• Kahn-Van Slyke Prize for Graduate Mentoring, Stanford history department, 2005.
• Nancy Lyman Roelker Mentorship Award (Graduate mentoring), American Historical Association, 1998
• Sierra Prize for Best Book 1996 (Maternal Justice), Western Association of Women Historians
• Sierra Prize (shared) for the finest Multiple Author Book, Western Association of Women Historians, 1982 (Victorian Women: A Documentary Account)
• Alice and Edith Hamilton Prize for best scholarly manuscript on women, University of Michigan, 1978 (Their Sisters' Keepers)
• Fellow, Society of American Historians, 1990
• Stanford Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Associates' Faculty Research Fellowship 1996
• National Endowment for the Humanities, Fellowship for University Teachers, 1982-83, 1992-93
• American Council of Learned Societies, Fellowship, 1993
• American Association of University Women, Founders Fellowship, 1985-86
• Stanford Humanities Center, Faculty Fellowship, 1985-86, 2004-2005
• Radcliffe Research Support Program, Mellon Grant, 1984-85
• Thomas and Lillian Rhodes Prize for excellence in undergraduate teaching, 1996
• Dinkelspiel Award for Outstanding Service to Undergraduate Education, 1981
• Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching, 1978

• Graduate Admissions Committee, History, Chair, 2001-2003, 2005
• President's Advisory Board (elected), 1999-2001
• Faculty Women's Caucus Steering Committee, 1997-98
• Co-Convenor, Stanford Humanities Center Faculty-Graduate Student Workshop on Lesbian, Gay and Queer Studies, 1997-98, 1999-2000
• Program in Feminist Studies, (1980-81, 84-84, 1994-2001)
• Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Faculty Affiliate, 1980-present
• Jewish Studies Program, Advisory Committee, 1987-89, 1994-98
• History Department Priorities Planning Committee, Fall 1997
• Graduate Studies Committee, 1976-79, 1993-98
• Comparative Women's History Workshop Co-Convenor, 1992-98

• Organization of American Historians (Co-Chair, Program Committee for 1999 Annual Meeting; Nominating Committee, 1991-93)
• American Historical Association
• National Women's Studies Association
• Coordinating Council on Women's History
• Academic Advisory Council, Jewish Women's Archives
• Advisory Board, Northern California Lesbian and Gay Historical Society
• Western Association of Women Historians
• Consulting Editor, Feminist Studies
• Advisory Boards, Gender and History (1988- ); NSWA Journal (1988- )
• Editorial Board, Journal of Women's History (1988- )
• Editorial Board, The Journal of Sex Research (1988- )
• Editorial Board, The Journal of Homosexuality (1988- )
• Editorial Board, The Journal of Lesbian Studies (1997- ; Associate Editor)
• Editorial Board,, Journal of the History of Sexuality (1989-93)
• Editorial Board, Women and Criminal Justice (1995- )