Bancroft Prize
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Mary P. Ryan
メアリー・ピー・ライアン
Mary P. Ryan
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Baltimore, Maryland (Johns Hopkins University) → Berkeley, California (UC Berkeley) → Irvine, California (UC Irvine) → Binghamton, New York (Binghamton University) → Claremont, California (Pitzer College)
Career
- Occupations
- Historian, Professor, Author
- Active Years
- 1975-
- Affiliations
- Johns Hopkins University, Department of History, University of California, Berkeley (Professor Emeritus), Pitzer College (former faculty), Binghamton University (former faculty), University of California, Irvine (former faculty)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin–Madison | — | — | — | — | United States |
| University of California, Santa Barbara | — | — | PhD | — | United States |
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Country:
United States
University of California, Santa Barbara
Degree:
PhD
Country:
United States
Earned PhD here
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Bancroft Prize | Cradle of the Middle Class: The Families of Oneida County, New York, 1790–1865 | — | Columbia University | 受賞 |
| 1990 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | フェローシップ（受賞） |
Bancroft Prize
1982
Work:
Cradle of the Middle Class: The Families of Oneida County, New York, 1790–1865
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
1990
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
フェローシップ（受賞）
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Womanhood in America
1975 History / Women's historyA study of the historical shifts in women's roles and identities in America, examining intersections of domestic and public life.
GenderFamily historySocial roles
Cradle of the Middle Class: The Families of Oneida County, New York, 1790–1865
1981 Social history / Family historyA regional study analyzing family structures and the formation of the middle class in Oneida County during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Class formationFamilyRegional history
Empire of the Mother: American Writing about Domesticity, 1830–1860
1985 Cultural history / Women's historyExamines literature and representations of domesticity in the early 19th century, considering cultural meanings of motherhood and domestic life.
DomesticityMotherhoodCultural representation
Women in Public: Between Banners and Ballots, 1825–1880
1990 Political history / Women's historyTraces women's public activities and political participation in America from the early to mid-19th century.
Public spherePolitical participationWomen's movements
Civic Wars: Democracy and Public Life in American Cities During the 19th Century
1997 Urban history / Social historyAnalyzes political and social dynamics of cities by exploring the development of democracy and public spaces in the 19th century.
Urban historyPublic spaceDemocracy
Mysteries of Sex: Tracing Women and Men through American History
2006 Cultural history / Gender historyInterprets changing relations between women and men and ideas about sex in American history through historical case studies.
Gender conceptsHistory of sexCultural change
Taking the Land to Make the City: A Bicoastal History of North America
2019 Urban history / Environmental historyCompares land use and urban formation on both coasts of North America, examining the relationship between urbanization and land acquisition.
Land useUrban formationComparative history
Sex and Class in Women's History (editor)
1983 Edited volume / Women's historyAn edited collection discussing intersections of gender and class in women's history. Ryan served as one of the editors.
Gender and classHistoriography
Bibliography
- Womanhood in America (1975)
- Cradle of the Middle Class: The Families of Oneida County, New York, 1790–1865 (1981)
- Empire of the Mother: American Writing about Domesticity, 1830–1860 (1985)
- Sex and Class in Women's History (ed., 1983)
- Women in Public: Between Banners and Ballots, 1825–1880 (1990)
- Civic Wars: Democracy and Public Life in American Cities During the 19th Century (1997)
- Mysteries of Sex: Tracing Women and Men through American History (2006)
- Taking the Land to Make the City: A Bicoastal History of North America (2019)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Scholarly, analytical proseComparative and contextual analysis grounded in sources
- Recurring Motifs
- Intersection of public and private spheresGender and domesticityCities and public space
Legacy
Mary P. Ryan is a historian who made significant contributions to American women's history and urban history. By illuminating intersections of domesticity and public life she influenced scholarship; her honors include the Bancroft Prize and a Guggenheim Fellowship, and she has taught at multiple universities.
Academic Societies
- American Historical Association
- Organization of American Historians
Trivia
- Year of birth is not publicly listed (Year of birth missing).
- Won the Bancroft Prize in 1982.
- Awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1990.
- Affiliated with Johns Hopkins University and UC Berkeley.