Lois Kerber
The University of Iowa
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About Lois
Academic Profile
Academic Background: Ph.D. in History, Columbia University; M.A., Columbia University; B.A., Swarthmore College.
Research Interests: Gender and legal history, focusing on women’s citizenship and obligations in U.S. history.
Appointments: Professor, Department of History, University of Iowa; Former Chair, Department of History.
Awards: Littleton-Griswold Prize for best book in U.S. legal history; Joan Kelley Prize for best book in women’s history for No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies: Women and the Obligations of Citizenship.
Publications: Author of No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies (Hill and Wang, 1998); articles in Journal of American History.
Additional Contributions: Served on editorial boards of American Historical Review and Journal of Women’s History.