User:Warriors29/Florence Howe

Early Life:

Her father was a taxi driver

Education:

In 1954, Florence Howe attended the University of Wisconsin, resuming her work in graduate studies for art history and literature.

Career:

In 1960, Howe was employed as an assistant professor in the English department at a private women's college, Goucher College, located in Maryland. In 1964, Florence Howe’s book Myths of Coeducation, featured one of her essays titled “Mississippi Freedom Schools: the Politics of Education.”. In 1965, the essay was published in the Harvard Education Review. This essay written by Howe explains her journey with feminism and how she was able to relate issues such as education, race and politics within feminism. In 1978, another essay written by Howe titled “Myths of Coeducation”, explains women's education and how it “functions within the patriarchal limits of the society in which it exists.” ("Florence Rosenfeld Howe." Encyclopedia of World Biography Online, Gale, 1998. Gale In Context: World History, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1631003152/WHIC?u=mlin_n_merrcol&sid=WHIC&xid=6eb94f2c . Accessed 1 Dec. 2019.). From 1972-1982, Florence Howe assisted in editing the Women's Studies Quarterly, a peer-reviewed journal. In 1973, Florence Howe took on the role of President of the Modern Language Association after being voted in. In 1977, Florence Howe was presented an honorary doctorate in humane letters from New England College. In 1979, Florence Howe was presented another honorary doctorate in humane letters, given by Skidmore College. Florence Howe was responsible in co-editing various literature pieces throughout the years,  such as With Wings: An Anthology of Literature By and About Disabled Women (1987); Traditions and the Talents of Women (1991); and No More Masks(1993). In 1982, Florence Howe Publsihed the Feminist Scholarship: The extent of the Revolution, a journal artcicle in which she wrote about her findings with feminism in higher eduaction.

Citation:"Florence Rosenfeld Howe." Encyclopedia of World Biography Online, Gale, 1998. Gale In Context: World History, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1631003152/WHIC?u=mlin_n_merrcol&sid=WHIC&xid=6eb94f2c. Accessed 26 Sept. 2019.

Cox, Jessica. “Diversifying the Discourse: The Florence Howe Award for Outstanding Feminist Scholarship 1990-2004.” The Modern Language Review, no. 1, 2008, p. 180. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsglr&AN=edsgcl.173148835&site=eds-live&scope=site.

"Florence Rosenfeld Howe." Encyclopedia of World Biography Online, Gale, 1998. Gale In Context: World History, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1631003152/WHIC?u=mlin_n_merrcol&sid=WHIC&xid=6eb94f2c. Accessed 26 Sept. 2019.

Douglas, Carol anne. “Plenary: The Future of Feminist Education.” Off Our Backs, vol. 27, no. 8, 1997, pp. 16–18. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/25775932.

Howe, Florence. “My ‘Old Ladies’: As Writers Age, They Find Ways to Continue Their Work.” The Women's Review of Books, vol. 20, no. 10/11, 2003, pp. 14–16. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/4024239.

Howe, Florence. The Impact of Women’s Studies on the Campus and the Disciplines / Florence Howe and Paul Lauter. 1980. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.A0F54F6E&site=eds-live&scope=site.

Howe, Florence. “Feminist Scholarship: The Extent of the Revolution.” Change, vol. 14, no. 3, 1982, pp. 12–20. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/40163691.

Julia Ward Howe and the Woman Suffrage Movement: A Selection From Her Speeches and Essays; With Introduction and Notes by Her Daughter, Florence Howe Hall. 2015. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.53799422&site=eds-live&scope=site.