Clio's Southern Sisters: Interviews with Leaders of the Southern Association for Women Historians |
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Authors: | Yow Valerie |
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Institution: | Independent Scholar, Chapel Hill, NC |
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Abstract: | In the 1950s, the outstanding historian Anne Scott was finishinggraduate school and looking for a job. Oscar Handlin sent herto the University of North Carolina. She said, "When I got downhere, I was told that the University of North Carolina had neverhired a woman in the history department, and never would." FletcherGreen, the chair, told Oscar Handlin, "Could you send me a youngman to teach American history next year?" Handlin replied, "Ivealready sent someone to Chapel Hill, Fletcher." The departmentrelented and let her teach four sections of the introductorycourse, but did |
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