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Laurie Crumpacker
Laurie Crumpacker, (born 13 December 1941) is an American Historian and retired Professor of History and Women's and Gender Studies.

Career
Laurie Crumpacker received her Undergraduate Degree in Education from Simmons College in 1963, Masters in Education from Radcliffe Graduate School in 1964, and her PhD in American Studies from Boston University in 1978. Her 1978 Dissertation at BU was based on researching the daily letters exchanged between [| Esther Edwards Burr.] with her childhood friend [Sarah Prince] who lived in Boston from 1754 to 1757. The letters between the 2 friends explored insight into a woman's daily life in the late colonial period of the United States, where not surprisingly very little was known due the absence of formal education offered to women. A formal education was almost exclusively open to men. However in some households of means i.e. the Edwards, Prince and Burr families, girls and women were home schooled or self-educated. Sadly, due to this lack of formal education and publishing opportunities for women, very little is known about their everyday lives. As seen in the Esther Edwards Burr Journal of letters, women did indeed have opinions about religion, education, motherhood and the many issues of the day.

The Esther Edwards Burr Journal of letters was later published in book form, in Esther Edwards Burr's own words, where Laurie Crumpacker was co-editor with Historian Carol F. Karlsen

Laurie Crumpacker returned to Simmons, her alma mater to teach History, American Studies, and Women and Gender Studies. At Simmons, she also served as Interim Dean at the College of Arts and Sciences and Director of the Women's Studies Department. Laurie also served as Dean of Arts and Sciences at both Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania as well as at Wheelock College in Boston.

Media
Laurie Crumpacker: Sarah Prince - A Life in Meditations & Letters (with Slides) at The Old South Meeting House Feb 12, 2014 GBH Forum Network on YouTube

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