Melissa Klapper
Melissa R. Klapper | |
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| Alma mater | Goucher College Rutgers University–New Brunswick |
| Awards | National Jewish Book Award (2013) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | American history, women's history, modern Jewish history, history of childhood |
| Institutions | Rowan University |
| Doctoral advisor | Alice Kessler-Harris |
Melissa Rose Klapper is an American historian and storyteller. She is a professor of American and women's history at Rowan University. Klapper has authored books on American Jewish women's history and the history of children and youth in the United States.
Life
[edit]Klapper completed a B.A. at Goucher College in 1995.[1][2] Peter Bardaglio, Julie Roy Jeffrey, and Laurie Kaplan served as undergraduate mentors of Klapper.[3] She earned a Ph.D. in history from Rutgers University–New Brunswick.[2] Her 2001 dissertation was titled "A Fair Portion of the World's Knowledge": Jewish Girls Coming of Age in America, 1860-1920. Alice Kessler-Harris was Klapper's doctoral advisor.[3]
Since 2001 Klapper has been a professor of American and women's history at Rowan University, where she is also director of the Women's & Gender Studies Program.[2][4] Klapper specializes in the late 19th and early 20th century.[2] Klapper served as co-chair of the Modern Jewish History, The Americas division of the Association for Jewish Studies.[2] Her 2013 book, Ballots, Babies, and Banners of Peace: American Jewish Women's Activism, 1890-1940, won a National Jewish Book Award in women's studies.[2] In March 2023, she became a three-day champion on Jeopardy!, winning a total of $60,100.[1] In March 2024, she competed in Jeopardy!'s Tournament of Champions.[5]
Selected works
[edit]- Klapper, Melissa R. (2005). Jewish Girls Coming of Age in America, 1860-1920. NYU Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-4780-3.[6]
- Klapper, Melissa R. (2007). Small Strangers: The Experiences of Immigrant Children in America, 1880-1925. Ivan R. Dee. ISBN 978-1-56663-733-6.[7]
- Klapper, Melissa R. (2013). Ballots, Babies, and Banners of Peace: American Jewish Women's Activism, 1890-1940. NYU Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-4894-7.[8]
- Klapper, Melissa R. (2020). Ballet Class: An American History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-090868-3.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Feiler, Alan (2023-03-20). "Baltimore Native Dr. Melissa R. Klapper Wins on 'Jeopardy!'". JMORE. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
- ^ a b c d e f "Melissa Klapper, Ph.D." chss.rowan.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
- ^ a b Klapper, Melissa Rose (2001). "A fair portion of the world's knowledge" : Jewish girls coming of age in America, 1860-1920 (Ph.D. thesis). Rutgers University–New Brunswick. OCLC 56898108.
- ^ "Amplifying voices of women and children in history". today.rowan.edu. May 5, 2022. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
- ^ "2024 Tournament of Champions". Jeopardy. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ Reviews of Jewish Girls Coming of Age in America, 1860-1920:
- Turk, Diana B. (2006). "Review of Jewish Girls Coming of Age in America, 1860-1920". Shofar. 24 (4): 206–208. ISSN 0882-8539. JSTOR 42944226.
- Stern, Miriam Heller (2004). "Review of Jewish Girls Coming of Age in America, 1860–1920". American Jewish History. 92 (3): 374–376. ISSN 0164-0178. JSTOR 23887309.
- Schwartz, Shuly Rubin (2007). "Review of Jewish Girls Coming of Age in America, 1860-1920". The American Historical Review. 112 (1): 231–232. doi:10.1086/ahr.112.1.231. ISSN 0002-8762. JSTOR 4136089.
- Berg, Ellen L. (2005). Klapper, Melissa R. (ed.). "Bridging Worlds: American Adolescent Jewish Girls". The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. 4 (3): 315–317. doi:10.1017/S153778140000267X. ISSN 1537-7814. JSTOR 25144405. S2CID 163334674.
- Fishman, Aleisa (2006). "Review of Jewish Girls Coming of Age in America, 1860-1920". AJS Review. 30 (2): 469–470. doi:10.1017/S0364009406340202. ISSN 0364-0094. JSTOR 4131686. S2CID 161572016.
- Magnes, Rhea (2006). "Review of Jewish Girls Coming of Age in America, 1860-1920". Journal of American Ethnic History. 25 (4): 201–202. doi:10.2307/27501767. ISSN 0278-5927. JSTOR 27501767. S2CID 254484236.
- Moore, Deborah Dash (2006). "Review of Jewish Girls Coming of Age in America, 1860-1920". The Journal of American History. 93 (1): 242–243. doi:10.2307/4486152. ISSN 0021-8723. JSTOR 4486152.
- Schrum, Kelly (2006). "Review of Jewish Girls Coming of Age in America, 1860-1920". Journal of Social History. 40 (1): 233–234. doi:10.1353/jsh.2006.0096. ISSN 0022-4529. JSTOR 4491867. S2CID 55225389.
- ^ Reviews of Small Strangers:
- Barrett, James R. (2009). "Review of Small Strangers: The Experience of Immigrant Children in America, 1880-1920". History of Education Quarterly. 49 (1): 125–127. doi:10.1111/j.1748-5959.2009.01172.x. ISSN 0018-2680. JSTOR 20462276. S2CID 144489630.
- Wild, H. Mark (2008). "Review of Small Strangers: The Experiences of Immigrant Children in America, 1880-1925". The Journal of American History. 94 (4): 1282–1283. doi:10.2307/25095396. ISSN 0021-8723. JSTOR 25095396.
- Cross, Gary (2008). "Review of Small Strangers: The Experience of Immigrant Children in America, 1880-1925". Journal of Social History. 42 (2): 521–522. doi:10.1353/jsh.0.0127. ISSN 0022-4529. JSTOR 27696463. S2CID 142801361.
- Weissbach, Lee Shai (2008). "Review of Small Strangers: The Experience of Immigrant Children in America, 1880-1925". The American Historical Review. 113 (3): 839–840. doi:10.1086/ahr.113.3.839. ISSN 0002-8762. JSTOR 30223112.
- Berger, Garrett (2008). "Review of Small Strangers: The Experiences of Immigrant Children in America, 1880–1925". The Virginia Quarterly Review. 84 (1): 260. ISSN 0042-675X. JSTOR 26445969.
- DeLuzio, Crista (2008). Klapper, Melissa R. (ed.). "Growing up between Two Worlds". Reviews in American History. 36 (4): 566–574. doi:10.1353/rah.0.0048. ISSN 0048-7511. JSTOR 40210963. S2CID 144066973.
- Bush, William S. (2011). Davis, Rocío G.; Fass, Paula S.; Klapper, Melissa R. (eds.). "Childhood without Borders". Journal of American Ethnic History. 30 (4): 63–70. doi:10.5406/jamerethnhist.30.4.0063. ISSN 0278-5927.
- Mintz, Steven (2008). Klapper, Melissa R. (ed.). "Children: The Neglected Actors in the Drama of Immigration". The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. 7 (3): 383–385. doi:10.1017/S1537781400000785. ISSN 1537-7814. JSTOR 25144535. S2CID 163182526.
- ^ Reviews of Ballots, Babies, and Banners of Peace:
- Dollinger, Marc (2014). "Review of Ballots, Babies, and Banners of Peace: American Jewish Women's Activism, 1890-1940". The American Historical Review. 119 (3): 910–911. doi:10.1093/ahr/119.3.910. ISSN 0002-8762. JSTOR 23784867.
- Antler, Joyce (2014). "Review of Ballots, Babies, and Banners of Peace: American Jewish Women's Activism, 1890–1940, KlapperMelissa R.". American Jewish History. 98 (1): 33–35. ISSN 0164-0178. JSTOR 26414389.
- Moore, Deborah Dash; Thébaud, Françoise (2016). "Review of Ballots, Babies, and Banners of Peace: American Jewish Women's Activism, 1890-1940, Klapper Melissa R.". Clio. Femmes, Genre, Histoire (44): 317–320. ISSN 1252-7017. JSTOR 26265057.
- Rubel, Nora L. (2015). "Review of Ballots, Babies, and Banners of Peace: American Jewish Women's Activism, 1890–1940". Journal of the American Academy of Religion. 83 (1): 284–288. doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfu113. ISSN 0002-7189. JSTOR 24488145.
- McCune, Mary (2014). "Review of Ballots, Babies, and Banners of Peace: American Jewish Women's Activism, 1890—1940". The Journal of American History. 100 (4): 1231–1232. doi:10.1093/jahist/jau075. ISSN 0021-8723. JSTOR 44307928.
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- Goucher College alumni
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- 21st-century American historians
- 21st-century American women writers
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- Historians of immigration to the United States
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- American storytellers
- 21st-century American Jews
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