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Revision as of 15:44, 6 July 2024
Gayle Graham Yates | |
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Born | Gayle Graham May 6, 1940 May 6, 1940 – April 27, 2023 Shubuta, Mississippi, U.S. |
Died | April 27, 2023 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | (aged 82)
Children | 2 |
Academic background | |
Education | Millsaps College Vanderbilt University University of Minnesota |
Academic work | |
Discipline | American studies, women's studies |
Institutions | University of Minnesota |
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.
Life
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
- 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Yates, Gayle Graham; Chambers, Clarke A. (1994-11-22). "Interview with Gayle Graham Yates". University Digital Conservancy.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Reviews of What Women Want:
- Newmark, Norma L. (January 1978). "Review". The Family Coordinator. 27 (1): 95. doi:10.2307/582747. JSTOR 582747.
- Epstein, Cynthia Fuchs (1977). "Review". Political Science Quarterly. 92 (2): 346–346. doi:10.2307/2148383. ISSN 0032-3195. JSTOR 2148383.
- Scanzoni, Letha (1976). "Review". Social Science Quarterly. 57 (3): 691–692. ISSN 0038-4941. JSTOR 42859675.
- O'Neill, William L. (1976). "Review". The Journal of American History. 63 (2): 471–472. doi:10.2307/1899740. ISSN 0021-8723. JSTOR 1899740.
- Huganir, George H. (1977). "Review". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 429: 187–188. ISSN 0002-7162. JSTOR 1041623.
- ^ Review of Harriet Martineau on Women:
- ^ Reviews of Mississippi Mind:
- Sansing, David G. (1991). "Review". The Georgia Historical Quarterly. 75 (4): 857–858. ISSN 0016-8297. JSTOR 40582451.
- Nybakken, Elizabeth I. (1992). "Review". The Journal of Southern History. 58 (2): 394–395. doi:10.2307/2210921. ISSN 0022-4642. JSTOR 2210921.
- Prince, Vinton M. (1991). "Review of Delta Time: A Journey Through Mississippi; Mississippi Mind: A Personal Cultural History of an American State". The Journal of American History. 78 (2): 748–749. doi:10.2307/2079683. ISSN 0021-8723. JSTOR 2079683.
- ^ Reviews of Life and Death in a Small Southern Town:
- 1940 births
- 2023 deaths
- American academics of women's studies
- 20th-century American women academics
- 21st-century American women academics
- People from Clarke County, Mississippi
- Millsaps College alumni
- Vanderbilt University alumni
- University of Minnesota alumni
- University of Minnesota faculty
- American studies scholars
- 20th-century American biographers
- American women biographers
- American feminist writers
- Academics from Mississippi