Edith Belle Gelles is an American author and historian. She grew up in Lake Placid, New York, and attended Cornell University, Yale University, and the University of California, Irvine. She is currently a Senior Scholar at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University where she has been a faculty member since 1983. Her scholarship is primarily in the area of early American history, concentrating on biography and women. She is known for her scholarship and writing about Abigail Adams and her husband John.[1][2]
Edith B. Gelles | |
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| Born | Lake Placid, New York |
| Occupation | Historian, author |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Cornell University, Yale University, University of California, Irvine |
| Period | Late 18th, early 19th century |
| Genre | non-fiction, history |
| Subject | Revolutionary and early American history |
| Notable awards | Herbert Feis Award, American Historical Association |
| Website | |
| Stanford University | |
Publications
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edit- Portia: The World of Abigail Adams (1996) Indiana University Press.[3][4][5][6][a]
- The Letters of Abigaill Levy Franks, 1733–1748: Letters of Abigaill Levy Franks 1733–1748 (2004) Yale University Press.[7][8]
- Abigail and John: Portrait of a Marriage (2009) William Morrow.[9]
- Abigail Adams: Letters (Edith Gelles, Ed.). (2016). Library of America.
- Abigail Adams: A Writing Life. (2017) Routledge.[10]
- Gale Researcher Guide for John and Abigail Adams and the Revolution in Marriage (2018) Gale Publishing.
Journal articles
edit- Abigail Adams: Domesticity and the American Revolution. (1979). The New England Quarterly, 52(4), 500–521.
- A Virtuous Affair: The Correspondence Between Abigail Adams and James Lovell. (1987). American Quarterly, 39(2), 252–269.
- The Abigail Industry. (1988). The William and Mary Quarterly, 45(4), 656–683.
- Gossip: An Eighteenth-Century Case. (1989). Journal of Social History, 22(4), 667–683.
- Bonds of Friendship: The Correspondence of Abigail Adams and Mercy Otis Warren. (1996). Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 108, 35–71.
- The Adamses Retire. (2006). Early American Studies, 4(1), 1–15.
See also
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editCitations
edit- ^ "Edith Gelles faculty home page". Stanford University. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
- ^ a b "OAH Distinguished Lecturer Profile". Organization of American Historians. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
- ^ Gelles, Edith B.; Boydston, Jeanne (1994). "Review of Portia: The World of Abigail Adams". The William and Mary Quarterly. 51 (1): 158–160. doi:10.2307/2947025. JSTOR 2947025. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ Crane, Elaine Forman; Gelles, Edith B. (1994). "Portia: The World of Abigail Adams". The American Historical Review. 99 (2): 641. doi:10.2307/2167452. JSTOR 2167452.
- ^ Armstrong, Thom M. (1994). "Reviewed work: Portia: The World of Abigail Adams, Edith B. Gelles". The Historian. 56 (3): 561–563.
- ^ Gelles, Edith B.; Franz, George W. (1996). "Review of Portia: The World of Abigail Adams". Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies. 63 (3): 493–494. JSTOR 27773921. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ Gelles, Edith B.; Franks, Abigaill Levy; Nadell, Pamela S. (2005). "Review of The Letters of Abigaill Levy Franks, 1733–1748". The William and Mary Quarterly. 62 (4): 771–773. doi:10.2307/3491450. JSTOR 3491450. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ Mattern, David B.; Gelles, Edith B. (2005). "Review of The Letters of Abigaill Levy Franks, 1733–1748". The Virginia Quarterly Review. 81 (3): 254. JSTOR 26443864. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ Samuelson, Richard (2010). "Reviewed work: Abigail and John: Portrait of a Marriage, Edith B. Gelles". The Journal of American History. 96 (4): 1168. doi:10.1093/jahist/96.4.1168. JSTOR 40661861.
- ^ Angelis, Angelo T. (2003). "Reviewed work: Abigail Adams: A Writing Life, Edith B. Gelles". Biography. 26 (2): 326–329. doi:10.1353/bio.2003.0038. JSTOR 23540416. S2CID 161180862.
External links
edit- Faculty page, Senior Scholar, Clayman Institute for Gender Research; Stanford University.
- The Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University.
- Distinguished Lecturer Profile, Organization of American Historians.