Kathryn Kish Sklar

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.

Life and career
Sklar was born on December 26, 1939, in Columbus, Ohio. She received a Bachelor of Arts (1965) degree from Harvard College and Radcliffe College, graduating magna cum laude in history and literature. She received a Master of Arts (1967) and Ph.D. (1969) from University of Michigan in U.S. and comparative history.

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. 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.

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. 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.

From 2005-2006 Sklar was the Harmsworth Professor of U.S. History at Oxford University.

Sklar currently resides in Berkeley, California, with her partner Thomas Dublin.

Fellowships and grants

 * 2007, Resident Scholar, Organization of American Historians
 * 2005-2006, Harmsworth Professor of U.S. History, University of Oxford
 * 2004-2006, Grant Recipient, National Historical Publications and Records Commission
 * 2003-2004, Grant Recipient, National Endowment for the Humanities
 * 2000-2002, University Scholar-in-Residence Award, American Association of University Women Educational Foundation
 * 1998-1999, Fellow, National Endowment for the Humanities
 * 1995-1996, Fellow, National Humanities Research Center
 * 1992-1993, Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
 * 1987-1988, Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Stanford University
 * 1984-1985 (postponed to 1985-1986), Fellow, Guggenheim Fellowship
 * 1981-1982, Fellow, Rockefeller Foundation Humanities Fellowship
 * 1973-1974, Grant Recipient, Ford Foundation Faculty Research Grant for the Study of Women in Society

Awards

 * 1996, Berkshire Book Prize
 * 1974, Berkshire Book Prize

External sources

 * Women and Social Movements, International 1840-Present