Our History
about the ccwh
[1] Bernice Carroll, “Scholarship and Action: CCWHP and the Movements,’ Journal of Women’s History, 6 (Fall 1994), 79
For the 1960s and the early 1970s, Berenice Carroll characterized the American Historical Association as:
"“a gentlemen’s protection society . . . openly supporting practices of sexism, racism, classism, heterosexism, and antisemitism.” [1]
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The CCWHP soon became an affiliated organization of the AHA. Reflecting the emerging scholarship on women in history, the Conference Group on Women’s History (CGWH) was created in 1974. Since the CGWH remained closely associated with the CCWHP, in 1995 the membership voted to amalgamate the two groups under the name of the Coordinating Council for Women in History (CCWH).
from ccwhp to ccwh
In December 1969 some historians organized the Coordinating Committee of Women Historians in the Profession (CCWHP). Their goals were to recruit women into the historical profession, to alleviate discrimination against women students and faculty, to secure greater inclusion of women in annual meetings and the committees of the AHA, and to encourage the research in and teaching of women’s history.
Hilda Smith, Nupur Chaudhuri, Gerda Lerner, Berenice A. Carroll. History of CCWH-CGWH (CCWHP-CGWH, 1994) (PDF download)
Nupur Chaudhuri, Mary Elizabeth Perry. Achievements and Battles: Twenty-five Years of CCWHP (Journal of Women’s History, Volume 6, Number 3, Fall 1994, pp. 97-105)
Nupur Chaudhuri and Barbara Ramusack, The Coordinating Committee on Women Historians: Accomplishments and New Goals (AHA Perspectives on History, September 2010)
Read our special 45th Anniversary Reflections
Early History
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The CCWH Advisory Board consists of all the past presidents of the organization.
Past Presidents / Advisory Board
1969 – 1970, Co-chair
Berenice Carroll
1969 – 1970, Co-chair. 1971, Chair
Adele Simmons,
1972, Co-chair
Development of Women’s History Research and Sources
Sandi Cooper,
1972 – 1973, Co-chair
Status of Women in the Profession
Mollie Davis,
1973, Co-chair
Development of Women’s History Research and Sources
Renate Bridenthal,
1974 – 1975, Co-chair
Donna Boutelle,
1974 – 1975, Co-chair
Hilda Smith,
1976 – 1977, President
Conference Group on Women’s History (CGWH), President
Mary Maples Dunn,
1976 – 1977, Chair
Status of Women in the Profession and General Administration, Chair
Hilda Smith, CGWH
1978, Co-chair
Joan Hoff Wilson, CCWHP
1978-1979, Co-chair
1979 – 1981, Co-chair
Catherine Prelinger, CCWHP
1980 – 1982, Co-chair
S. Barbara “Penny” Kanner, CGWH
1982 – 1984, Co-chair
Development of Women’s History Research and Sources
Status of Women in the Profession
Mollie Davis, CCWHP
1983 – 1985, Co-chair
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Co-presidents from 1969 to the Present
CCWH Presidents
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Phyllis Stock, CGWH
1985 -1987, Co-chair
Frances Richardson Keller,
1986 – 1988, Co-chair
Americanist, CCWHP
Claire Moses,
1988 -1990, Co-chair
Europeanist, CGWH
Margaret “Peg” Strobel,
1989 – 1991, Co-chair
Africanist, CCWHP
1992 – 1995, Co-chair
Judith Bennett,
1994 – 1996, Co-chair
Nupur Chaudhuri,
1996 – 1997, Co-chair
Europeanist
Peggy Pascoe,
1997 – 1999, Co-chair
Americanist
Medievalist, CWHP
Medievalist, CGWH
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Co-presidents from 1969 to the Present
CCWH Presidents
Nancy Hewitt,
1991 – 1993, Co-chair
Americanist, CGWH
June Hahner,
1998 – 2000, Co-chair
Sue Armitage,
2000 – 2003, C0-chair
Janet Afary,
2001 – 2003, Co-chair
Middle Eastern/Iran
Eileen Boris,
2003 – 2007, Co-chair
Americanist
Latin Americanist
Americanist
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Cheryl Johnson-Odim,
2004 – 2006, Co-chair
Africanist
Carolyn Brown,
2007 – 2009, Co-chair
Africanist
Kathleen Berkeley,
2008 – 2010, Co-chair
Americanist
Susan Wladaver-Morgan,
2011 – 2014, Co-chair
Rachel Fuchs,
2012 – 2015, Co-chair
Mary Ann Villarreal,
2012 – 2015, Co-president
Chicano Studies
Barbara Molony,
2016 – 2020, Co-president
Asianist
Americanist
Europeanist
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Co-presidents from 1969 to the Present
CCWH Presidents
Barbara Ramusack,
2010 – 2013, Co-chair
South Asianist
Sasha Turner,
2018 – 2021, Co-president
Latin Americanist
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crystal feimster,
2020 – 2023, Co-president
Americanist
The CCWH Advisory Board consists of all the past presidents of the organization.
view list
Past Presidents / Advisory Board
1969 – 1970, Co-chair
Berenice Carroll
1969 – 1970, Co-chair. 1971, Chair
Adele Simmons,
1972, Co-chair
Development of Women’s History Research and Sources
Sandi Cooper,
1972 – 1973, Co-chair
Status of Women in the Profession
Mollie Davis,
1973, Co-chair
Development of Women’s History Research and Sources
continue
Co-presidents from 1969 to the Present
CCWH Presidents
Renate Bridenthal,
1974 – 1975, Co-chair
Development of Women’s History Research and Sources
Donna Boutelle,
1974 – 1975, Co-chair
Medievalist, Status of Women in the Profession
Hilda Smith,
1976 – 1977, President
Conference Group on Women’s History (CGWH), President
Mary Maples Dunn,
1976 – 1977, Chair
Status of Women in the Profession and General Administration, Chair
continue
Co-presidents from 1969 to the Present
CCWH Presidents
Hilda Smith, CGWH
1978, Co-chair
Joan Hoff Wilson, CCWHP
1978-1979, Co-chair
1979 – 1981, Co-chair
Catherine Prelinger, CCWHP
1980 – 1982, Co-chair
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Co-presidents from 1969 to the Present
CCWH Presidents
S. Barbara “Penny” Kanner, CGWH
1982 – 1984, Co-chair
Mollie Davis, CCWHP
1983 – 1985, Co-chair
Phyllis Stock, CGWH
1985 -1987, Co-chair
Frances Richardson Keller,
1986 – 1988, Co-chair
Claire Moses,
1988 -1990, Co-chair
continue
Co-presidents from 1969 to the Present
CCWH Presidents
Margaret “Peg” Strobel,
1989 – 1991, Co-chair
Nancy Hewitt,
1991 – 1993, Co-chair
Americanist, CCWHP
Europeanist, CGWH
Africanist, CCWHP
Americanist, CGWH
1992 – 1995, Co-chair
Judith Bennett,
1994 – 1996, Co-chair
Nupur Chaudhuri,
1996 – 1997, Co-chair
continue
Co-presidents from 1969 to the Present
CCWH Presidents
Peggy Pascoe,
1997 – 1999, Co-chair
June Hahner,
1998 – 2000, Co-chair
Medievalist, CGWH
Europeanist
Americanist
Latin Americanist
Medievalist, CWHP
Sue Armitage,
2000 – 2003, Co-chair
Janet Afary,
2001 – 2003, Co-chair
Eileen Boris,
2003 – 2007, Co-chair
continue
Co-presidents from 1969 to the Present
CCWH Presidents
Cheryl Johnson-Odim,
2004 – 2006, Co-chair
Carolyn Brown,
2007 – 2009, Co-chair
Middle Eastern/Iran
Americanist
Africanist
Africanist
Americanist
Kathleen Berkeley,
2008 – 2010, Co-chair
Barbara Ramusack,
2010 – 2013, Co-chair
Susan Wladaver-Morgan,
2011 – 2014, Co-chair
continue
Co-presidents from 1969 to the Present
CCWH Presidents
Rachel Fuchs,
2012 – 2015, Co-chair
Mary Ann Villarreal,
2012 – 2015, Co-president
South Asianist
Americanist
Europeanist
Chicano Studies
Americanist
Barbara Molony,
2016 – 2020, Co-president
Sasha Turner,
2018 – 2021, Co-president
Co-presidents from 1969 to the Present
CCWH Presidents
Latin Americanist
Asianist
Monitored university policies that affect adjunct faculty, with the goal of improving the status of all women historians.
Identified universities that provide research facilities to independent scholars.
Established a prize in women’s history for the National History Day competition for secondary-school students.
Sponsored the first international conference on women’s history held in the United States.
Initiated and funded the AHA’s Joan Kelly Book Prize in Women’s History and Feminist Theory.
Pressed to have women included in the Teaching Division of the AHA.
Encouraged the dissemination of information on sexual harassment, sexual bias, and exploitation of adjunct and part-time faculty and supported the creation a policy statement by the AHA.
Brought about the creation of the AHA and OAH committees on the status of women in the professions.
CCWH Achievements
CCWH achievements to reach its goals to educate men and women on the status of women in the historical profession and to promote research and interpretation in areas of women’s history:
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