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| name = Gayle Graham Yates
| name = Gayle Graham Yates
| birth_date = {{birth date|1940|05|06}} May 6, 1940 – April 27, 2023
| birth_date = {{birth date|1940|05|06}}
| birth_name = Gayle Graham
| birth_name = Gayle Graham
| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|04|27|1940|05|06}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|04|27|1940|05|06}}
| birth_place = [[Shubuta, Mississippi]]
| birth_place = [[Shubuta, Mississippi]], U.S.
| discipline = [[American studies]], [[women's studies]]
| discipline = [[American studies]], [[women's studies]]
| death_place = [[Minneapolis]], Minnesota, U.S.
| death_place = [[Minneapolis]], Minnesota, U.S.
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'''Gayle Graham Yates''' (May 6, 1940 – April 27, 2023) was an American [[women's studies]] and [[American studies]] academic who helped establish the women's studies program at the [[University of Minnesota]].
'''Gayle Graham Yates''' ([[Birth name|née]] '''Graham'''; May 6, 1940 – April 27, 2023) was an American [[women's studies]] and [[American studies]] academic who helped establish the women's studies program at the [[University of Minnesota]].


==Life==
==Life==
Yates was born on May 6, 1940, on a farm in [[Shubuta, Mississippi]] to Gleta and Robert Graham.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=May 7, 2023 |title=Obituary for Gayle Graham Yates |url=https://www.startribune.com/obituaries/detail/0000457012/ |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=Star Tribune}}</ref> She had an older brother.<ref name=":1" /> Members of the [[Methodist Episcopal Church, South]], her mother was a teacher and her father a farmer.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Yates |first=Gayle Graham |last2=Chambers |first2=Clarke A. |date=1994-11-22 |title=Interview with Gayle Graham Yates |url=https://hdl.handle.net/11299/50863 |journal=University Digital Conservancy |language=en-US}}</ref> She earned a bachelor's degree from [[Millsaps College]] and a M.A. at [[Vanderbilt University]].<ref name=":0" /> Yates completed studies at the [[Boston University School of Theology]].<ref name=":0" /> Her first daughter was born in 1963 in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]].<ref name=":0" /> Yates and her husband Wilson moved to [[New Brighton, Minnesota]] where he worked at the [[United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities]] (United).<ref name=":0" /> Her second child was born in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]] in the fall of 1967.<ref name=":0" /> She earned a Ph.D. in [[American studies]] at the [[University of Minnesota]].<ref name=":0" />
Yates was born on May 6, 1940, on a farm in [[Shubuta, Mississippi]] to Gleta and Robert Graham.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=May 7, 2023 |title=Obituary for Gayle Graham Yates |url=https://www.startribune.com/obituaries/detail/0000457012/ |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=Star Tribune}}</ref> She had an older brother.<ref name=":1" /> Members of the [[Methodist Episcopal Church, South]], her mother was a teacher and her father a farmer.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last1=Yates |first1=Gayle Graham |last2=Chambers |first2=Clarke A. |date=1994-11-22 |title=Interview with Gayle Graham Yates |url=https://hdl.handle.net/11299/50863 |journal=University Digital Conservancy |hdl=11299/50863 |language=en-US}}</ref> She earned a bachelor's degree from [[Millsaps College]] and a M.A. at [[Vanderbilt University]].<ref name=":0" /> Yates completed studies at the [[Boston University School of Theology]].<ref name=":0" /> Her first daughter was born in 1963 in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]].<ref name=":0" /> Yates and her husband Wilson moved to [[New Brighton, Minnesota]] where he worked at the [[United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities]] (United).<ref name=":0" /> Her second child was born in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]] in the fall of 1967.<ref name=":0" /> She earned a Ph.D. in [[American studies]] at the [[University of Minnesota]].<ref name=":0" />


For two years, she worked half time at both her alma mater and United.<ref name=":0" /> She later worked full time at the University of Minnesota, helping to create its women studies program.<ref name=":0" /> She served as its first full time faculty director and later chair.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Knatterud |first=Mary |date=2024-02-20 |title=One Woman’s Studies: The Far-Reaching Impact of Gayle Graham Yates, PhD (1940-2023) |url=https://conservancy.umn.edu/collections/fd90a8cf-f34b-475f-bcf2-7e9e3c261572 |journal=Journal of Opinions, Ideas & Essays (JOIE) |language=en |publisher=University of Minnesota Retirees Association |volume=7}}</ref> In 1982, Yates began teaching American studies until she retired.<ref name=":0" />
For two years, Yates worked half time at both her alma mater and United.<ref name=":0" /> She later worked full time at the University of Minnesota, helping to create its women studies program.<ref name=":0" /> She served as its first full time faculty director and later chair.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Knatterud |first=Mary |date=2024-02-20 |title=One Woman's Studies: The Far-Reaching Impact of Gayle Graham Yates, PhD (1940-2023) |url=https://conservancy.umn.edu/collections/fd90a8cf-f34b-475f-bcf2-7e9e3c261572 |journal=Journal of Opinions, Ideas & Essays (JOIE) |language=en |publisher=University of Minnesota Retirees Association |volume=7}}</ref> Yates was a feminist scholar.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /> In 1982, Yates began teaching American studies until she retired.<ref name=":0" />


Yates died on April 27, 2023, at her home in [[Minneapolis]].<ref name=":0" />
Yates died on April 27, 2023, at her home in [[Minneapolis]].<ref name=":0" />
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* {{Cite journal |last=Newmark |first=Norma L. |date=January 1978 |title=Review |journal=The Family Coordinator |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=95 |doi=10.2307/582747 |jstor=582747}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Newmark |first=Norma L. |date=January 1978 |title=Review |journal=The Family Coordinator |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=95 |doi=10.2307/582747 |jstor=582747}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Epstein |first=Cynthia Fuchs |date=1977 |title=Review |journal=Political Science Quarterly |volume=92 |issue=2 |pages=346–346 |doi=10.2307/2148383 |issn=0032-3195 |jstor=2148383}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Epstein |first=Cynthia Fuchs |author-link=Cynthia Fuchs Epstein |date=1977 |title=Review |journal=Political Science Quarterly |volume=92 |issue=2 |pages=346 |doi=10.2307/2148383 |issn=0032-3195 |jstor=2148383}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Scanzoni |first=Letha |date=1976 |title=Review |journal=Social Science Quarterly |volume=57 |issue=3 |pages=691–692 |issn=0038-4941 |jstor=42859675}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Scanzoni |first=Letha|author-link=Letha Dawson Scanzoni |date=1976 |title=Review |journal=Social Science Quarterly |volume=57 |issue=3 |pages=691–692 |issn=0038-4941 |jstor=42859675}}
* {{Cite journal |last=O'Neill |first=William L. |date=1976 |title=Review |journal=The Journal of American History |volume=63 |issue=2 |pages=471–472 |doi=10.2307/1899740 |issn=0021-8723 |jstor=1899740}}
* {{Cite journal |last=O'Neill |first=William L.|author-link=William L. O'Neill |date=1976 |title=Review |journal=The Journal of American History |volume=63 |issue=2 |pages=471–472 |doi=10.2307/1899740 |issn=0021-8723 |jstor=1899740}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Huganir |first=George H. |date=1977 |title=Review |journal=The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science |volume=429 |pages=187–188 |issn=0002-7162 |jstor=1041623}}</ref>
* {{Cite journal |last=Huganir |first=George H. |date=1977 |title=Review |journal=The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science |volume=429 |pages=187–188 |issn=0002-7162 |jstor=1041623}}</ref>
* {{Cite book |last=Martineau |first=Harriet |author-link=Harriet Martineau |title=Harriet Martineau on Women |date=1985 |publisher=Rutgers University Press |isbn=978-0-8135-1057-6 |editor-last=Yates |editor-first=Gayle Grahm |language=en}}<ref>Review of ''Harriet Martineau on Women'':
* {{Cite book |last=Martineau |first=Harriet |author-link=Harriet Martineau |title=Harriet Martineau on Women |date=1985 |publisher=Rutgers University Press |isbn=978-0-8135-1057-6 |editor-last=Yates |editor-first=Gayle Grahm |language=en}}<ref>Review of ''Harriet Martineau on Women'':
*{{Cite journal |last=Sheets |first=Robin |date=1986 |title=Review of Dorothy Wordsworth; Frances Trollope; Harriet Martineau on Women; Letters of Dorothy Wordsworth: A Selection |journal=Victorian Studies |volume=30 |issue=1 |pages=145–146 |issn=0042-5222 |jstor=3828215}}</ref>
*{{Cite journal |last=Sheets |first=Robin |date=1986 |title=Review of Dorothy Wordsworth; Frances Trollope; Harriet Martineau on Women; Letters of Dorothy Wordsworth: A Selection |journal=Victorian Studies |volume=30 |issue=1 |pages=145–146 |issn=0042-5222 |jstor=3828215}}</ref>
* {{Cite book |last=Yates |first=Gayle Graham |title=Mississippi Mind: A Personal Cultural History of an American State |date=1990 |publisher=Univ. of Tennessee Press |isbn=978-0-87049-643-1 |language=en}}<ref>Reviews of ''Mississippi Mind'':
* {{Cite book |last=Yates |first=Gayle Graham |title=Mississippi Mind: A Personal Cultural History of an American State |date=1990 |publisher=Univ. of Tennessee Press |isbn=978-0-87049-643-1 |language=en}}<ref>Reviews of ''Mississippi Mind'':
*{{Cite journal |last=Sansing |first=David G. |date=1991 |title=Review |journal=The Georgia Historical Quarterly |volume=75 |issue=4 |pages=857–858 |issn=0016-8297 |jstor=40582451}}
*{{Cite journal |last=Sansing |first=David G.|author-link=David Sansing |date=1991 |title=Review |journal=The Georgia Historical Quarterly |volume=75 |issue=4 |pages=857–858 |issn=0016-8297 |jstor=40582451}}
*{{Cite journal |last=Nybakken |first=Elizabeth I. |date=1992 |title=Review |journal=The Journal of Southern History |volume=58 |issue=2 |pages=394–395 |doi=10.2307/2210921 |issn=0022-4642 |jstor=2210921}}
*{{Cite journal |last=Nybakken |first=Elizabeth I. |date=1992 |title=Review |journal=The Journal of Southern History |volume=58 |issue=2 |pages=394–395 |doi=10.2307/2210921 |issn=0022-4642 |jstor=2210921}}
*{{Cite journal |last=Prince |first=Vinton M. |date=1991 |title=Review of Delta Time: A Journey Through Mississippi; Mississippi Mind: A Personal Cultural History of an American State |journal=The Journal of American History |volume=78 |issue=2 |pages=748–749 |doi=10.2307/2079683 |issn=0021-8723 |jstor=2079683}}</ref>
*{{Cite journal |last=Prince |first=Vinton M. |date=1991 |title=Review of Delta Time: A Journey Through Mississippi; Mississippi Mind: A Personal Cultural History of an American State |journal=The Journal of American History |volume=78 |issue=2 |pages=748–749 |doi=10.2307/2079683 |issn=0021-8723 |jstor=2079683}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 20:52, 14 August 2024

Gayle Graham Yates
Born
Gayle Graham

(1940-05-06)May 6, 1940
Shubuta, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedApril 27, 2023(2023-04-27) (aged 82)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Children2
Academic background
EducationMillsaps College
Vanderbilt University
University of Minnesota
Academic work
DisciplineAmerican studies, women's studies
InstitutionsUniversity of Minnesota

Gayle Graham Yates (née Graham; May 6, 1940 – April 27, 2023) was an American women's studies and American studies academic who helped establish the women's studies program at the University of Minnesota.

Life

[edit]

Yates was born on May 6, 1940, on a farm in Shubuta, Mississippi to Gleta and Robert Graham.[1] She had an older brother.[2] Members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, her mother was a teacher and her father a farmer.[2] She earned a bachelor's degree from Millsaps College and a M.A. at Vanderbilt University.[1] Yates completed studies at the Boston University School of Theology.[1] Her first daughter was born in 1963 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[1] Yates and her husband Wilson moved to New Brighton, Minnesota where he worked at the United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities (United).[1] Her second child was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota in the fall of 1967.[1] She earned a Ph.D. in American studies at the University of Minnesota.[1]

For two years, Yates worked half time at both her alma mater and United.[1] She later worked full time at the University of Minnesota, helping to create its women studies program.[1] She served as its first full time faculty director and later chair.[1][3] Yates was a feminist scholar.[3][2] In 1982, Yates began teaching American studies until she retired.[1]

Yates died on April 27, 2023, at her home in Minneapolis.[1]

Selected works

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  • Yates, Gayle Graham (1975). What Women Want: The Ideas of the Movement. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-95077-1.[4]
  • Martineau, Harriet (1985). Yates, Gayle Grahm (ed.). Harriet Martineau on Women. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-1057-6.[5]
  • Yates, Gayle Graham (1990). Mississippi Mind: A Personal Cultural History of an American State. Univ. of Tennessee Press. ISBN 978-0-87049-643-1.[6]
  • Yates, Gayle Graham (2004). Life and Death in a Small Southern Town: Memories of Shubuta, Mississippi. LSU Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-2937-1.[7]
  • Yates, Gayle Graham (2010). Ethics for Jessica: Meditations on Living. Wipf & Stock Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4982-5482-3.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Obituary for Gayle Graham Yates". Star Tribune. May 7, 2023. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  2. ^ a b c Yates, Gayle Graham; Chambers, Clarke A. (1994-11-22). "Interview with Gayle Graham Yates". University Digital Conservancy. hdl:11299/50863.
  3. ^ a b Knatterud, Mary (2024-02-20). "One Woman's Studies: The Far-Reaching Impact of Gayle Graham Yates, PhD (1940-2023)". Journal of Opinions, Ideas & Essays (JOIE). 7. University of Minnesota Retirees Association.
  4. ^ Reviews of What Women Want:
  5. ^ Review of Harriet Martineau on Women:
    • Sheets, Robin (1986). "Review of Dorothy Wordsworth; Frances Trollope; Harriet Martineau on Women; Letters of Dorothy Wordsworth: A Selection". Victorian Studies. 30 (1): 145–146. ISSN 0042-5222. JSTOR 3828215.
  6. ^ Reviews of Mississippi Mind:
  7. ^ Reviews of Life and Death in a Small Southern Town:
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