Bancroft Prize
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Margaret D. Jacobs
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Margaret D. Jacobs
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1963-01-31 （Colorado, United States）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Colorado → California → Oregon → Nebraska (Lincoln) → Cambridge, United Kingdom (Pitt Professorship)
Career
- Occupations
- Historian, University professor, Researcher, Author
- Active Years
- 1996-
- Affiliations
- New Mexico State University, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, University of Cambridge (Pitt Professor)
- Memberships
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford University | — | History | BA | — | United States |
| University of California, Davis | — | History | MA | — | United States |
| University of California, Davis | — | History | PhD | — | United States |
Stanford University
History
Degree:
BA
Year of Graduation:
1986
Country:
United States
University of California, Davis
History
Degree:
MA
Year of Graduation:
1992
Country:
United States
University of California, Davis
History
Degree:
PhD
Year of Graduation:
1996
Country:
United States
PhD thesis: Uplifting cultures: encounters between white women and Pueblo Indians, 1890-1935
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Bancroft Prize | White Mother to a Dark Race: Settler Colonialism, Maternalism, and the Removal of Indigenous Children in the American West and Australia, 1880-1940 | — | Columbia University (Bancroft Prize) | 受賞 |
| 2011 | Robert G. Athearn Prize (Athearn Book Award) | White Mother to a Dark Race: Settler Colonialism, Maternalism, and the Removal of Indigenous Children in the American West and Australia, 1880-1940 | — | Western History Association | 受賞 |
| 2018 | Andrew Carnegie Fellowship | — | — | Andrew Carnegie Corporation | 受賞 |
| 2019 | Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Sciences | 選出 |
| 2021 | Charles Mach Professorship (University honor) | — | — | University of Nebraska–Lincoln | 就任 |
| 2010 | National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Grant | Project to digitize and publish materials related to the Genoa Indian Industrial School | — | National Endowment for the Humanities | 助成 |
Bancroft Prize
2010
Work:
White Mother to a Dark Race: Settler Colonialism, Maternalism, and the Removal of Indigenous Children in the American West and Australia, 1880-1940
Organization:
Columbia University (Bancroft Prize)
Result:
受賞
Robert G. Athearn Prize (Athearn Book Award)
2011
Work:
White Mother to a Dark Race: Settler Colonialism, Maternalism, and the Removal of Indigenous Children in the American West and Australia, 1880-1940
Organization:
Western History Association
Result:
受賞
Andrew Carnegie Fellowship
2018
Organization:
Andrew Carnegie Corporation
Result:
受賞
Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2019
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Result:
選出
Charles Mach Professorship (University honor)
2021
Organization:
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Result:
就任
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Grant
2010
Work:
Project to digitize and publish materials related to the Genoa Indian Industrial School
Organization:
National Endowment for the Humanities
Result:
助成
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
White Mother to a Dark Race: Settler Colonialism, Maternalism, and the Removal of Indigenous Children in the American West and Australia, 1880-1940
2009 Academic historyA comparative historical study examining how white women's maternalist ideologies and settler colonial policies contributed to the removal and relocation of Indigenous children in the American West and Australia.
Settler colonialismMaternalismIndigenous child removalCultural encounters
Engendered Encounters: Feminism and Pueblo Cultures, 1879-1934
Academic historyA study of interactions between feminist actors and Pueblo cultures, analyzing cultural and social encounters from the late 19th to early 20th century.
FeminismIndigenous culturesCultural encounters
A Generation Removed: The Fostering and Adoption of Indigenous Children in the Postwar World
2014 Academic historyExamines postwar fostering and adoption practices affecting Indigenous children in an international context, analyzing policies and social impacts.
Fostering and adoptionIndigenous policyPostwar history
After One Hundred Winters: In Search of Reconciliation on America's Stolen Land
2021 Nonfiction / HistoryExplores land dispossession in America and efforts toward reconciliation, connecting historical accounts with contemporary initiatives.
ReconciliationLand dispossessionHistorical memory
Bibliography
- Maternal Colonialism: White Women and Indigenous Child Removal in the American West and Australia, 1880–1940
- Engendered Encounters: Feminism and Pueblo Cultures, 1879-1934
- White Mother to a Dark Race: Settler Colonialism, Maternalism, and the Removal of Indigenous Children in the American West and Australia, 1880-1940
- A Generation Removed: The Fostering and Adoption of Indigenous Children in the Postwar World
- After One Hundred Winters: In Search of Reconciliation on America's Stolen Land
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Scholarly, evidence-based historical writingComparative-historical approachCritical analysis of colonialism
- Recurring Motifs
- Intersection of maternalism and policyColonial encounters and cultural contactTreatment of Indigenous children
Legacy
Margaret D. Jacobs is recognized for major contributions clarifying the historical roles of maternalism and the removal of Indigenous children. Her work, honored by the Bancroft Prize and an Andrew Carnegie Fellowship, has become influential in settler colonialism and reconciliation studies.
Academic Societies
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Western History Association
Archives
- University of Nebraska–Lincoln Archives
- Genoa Indian Industrial School Digital Collection
Trivia
- She was the first professor at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln to receive an Andrew Carnegie Fellowship.
- Her book 'White Mother to a Dark Race' was one of the recipients of the 2010 Bancroft Prize.
- Received an NEH grant to digitize materials related to the Genoa Indian Industrial School.