Cott, Nancy F(alik)

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COTT, Nancy F(alik)

COTT, Nancy F(alik). American, b. 1945. Genres: History, Women's studies and issues. Career: Professor of History and American Studies, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. (Member of Faculty since 1975). Instructor in History, Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts, 1971, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1972, and Wellesley College, Massachusetts, 1973-74. Publications: Root of Bitterness: Documents of the Social History of American Women, 1972, rev. ed. 1996; The Bonds of Womanhood: "Woman's Sphere" in New England, 1780-1835, 1977; (with ed. Elizabeth H. Pleck) A Heritage of Her Own: Families, Work and Feminism in America, 1979; The Grounding of Modern Feminism, 1987; (ed.) Women in U.S. History (20 vols.), 1993-94; A Woman Making History: Mary Ritter Beard Through Her Letters, 1991. Address: American Studies Program, P.O. Box 208236, New Haven, CT 06520, U.S.A.