Barbara Melosh

Biographic Data

ID681629
NAMEBarbara Melosh
GIVEN NAMESBarbara
FAMILY NAMEMelosh
SIGNATUREMELOSH B
AFFILIATIONSGeorge Mason University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS40
TOTAL CITATIONS20
AUTHOR COUNT39
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1979
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
H-INDEX3

  • Stage for Action

    Barbara MeloshARTICLEJournal of American History2017

    The theater must always be a safe and special place,” president-elect Donald J. Trump declared in an angry tweet directed to the cast of the Broadway show Hamilton on November 19, 2016. The night before, vice president elect Mike Pence had been in the audience; at the end of the performance, Brandon Victor Dixon, a star of the show, had addressed him from the stage, citing “alarm and anxiety” about the coming administration and appealing to him “…

  • Women at the Front

    Barbara Melosh, Jane E SchultzARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History2005

  • Drawing on America’s Past

    Barbara MeloshARTICLEThe Public Historian2004Cited by: 1

    Book Review| May 01 2004 Drawing on America’s Past: Folk Art, Modernism, and the Index of American Design Barbara Melosh Barbara Melosh George Mason University Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The Public Historian (2004) 26 (2): 96–98. https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2004.26.2.96 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter Link…

  • Drawing on America's Past

    Barbara MeloshARTICLEThe Public Historian2004

  • Devices and Desires

    Barbara MeloshARTICLETechnology and Culture2001

    Nursing has long posed a provocative test case for arguments about work and technology. For more than a century, nursing has been reshaped by technological innovation; since World War II, nurses have increasingly been identified with the formidable array of machines at the bedside. In contrast to classic cases of de-skilling, new technologies of diagnosis and treatment have not turned nurses into machine tenders or rendered their work superfluous…

  • Robert Gwathmey

    Barbara Melosh, Michael KammenARTICLEJournal of American History2000

    Journal Article Robert Gwathmey: The Life and Art of a Passionate Observer. By Michael Kammen. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1999. viii, 240 pp. Cloth, $49.95, ISBN 0-8078-2495-X. Paper, $24.95, ISBN 0-8078-4779-8.) Get access Barbara Melosh Barbara Melosh George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issue 3, December…

  • "Bad" Mothers

    Barbara Melosh, Molly Ladd‐taylorREVIEWJournal of American History1999

    Journal Article “Bad” Mothers: The Politics of Blame in Twentieth-Century America. Ed. by Molly Ladd-Taylor and Lauri Umansky. (New York: New York University Press, 1998. x, 411 pp. Cloth, $60.00, ISBN 0-8147-5119-9. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-8147-5120-2.) Get access Barbara Melosh Barbara Melosh George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, …

  • Quilts and Women of the Mormon Migrations

    Barbara MeloshARTICLEWinterthur Portfolio1997

  • Fables of Abundance

    Barbara MeloshARTICLEWinterthur Portfolio1995

  • Fallen Women, Problem Girls

    Barbara MeloshREVIEWJournal of American History1995

    During the first half of the twentieth century, out-of-wedlock pregnancy came to be seen as one of the most urgent and compelling problems of the day. The effort to define its meaning fueled a struggle among three groups of women: evangelical reformers who regarded unmarried mothers as fallen sisters to be saved, a new generation of social workers who viewed them as problem girls to be treated, and unmarried mothers themselves. Drawing on previou…

  • Engendering Culture

    Erika Do, Erika Doss et al.ARTICLEWoman s Art Journal1994

    Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 1. It Can't Happen Here: Failed Men and Spirited Women Chapter 3 2. Domesticated Frontier: Comradely Ideal as Pioneer Democracy Chapter 4 3. Farm Family: Comradely Ideal as Idyll and Expose Chapter 5 4. Manly Work Chapter 6 5. Masculine Expertise: Science and Technology Chapter 7 6. The Women Shall Save Us: Antiwar Art and Drama Chapter 8 7. Youth: Emergent Manhood and Womanhood Chapter 9 8. Sex and Shopping: Crit…

  • Again, the Thirties

    Open AccessDavid P Peeler, Lizabeth Cohen et al.ARTICLEAmerican Quarterly1994

  • In Full Flower

    Barbara Melosh, Lois W BannerARTICLEJournal of American History1993Cited by: 4

    Journal Article In Full Flower: Aging Women, Power, and Sexuality. A History. By Lois W. Banner. (New York: Knopf, 1992. xii + 422 pp. $25.00, ISBN 0-394-57943-7.) Get access Barbara Melosh Barbara Melosh George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 80, Issue 2, September 1993, Pages 631–632, https://doi.org/10.2307/2079885 Published: 01 Sep…

  • Engendering Culture

    Harriet F Senie, Harriet Senie et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1993

    Journal Article Engendering Culture: Manhood and Womanhood in New Deal Public Art and Theater. By Barbara Melosh. (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991. xiv + 297 pp. Cloth, $60.00, ISBN 0-87474-720-1. Paper, $24.95, ISBN 0-87474-721-X.) Get access Harriet Senie Harriet Senie City College City University of New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 79, Issue 4,…

  • Gender and American History Since 1890

    Barbara MeloshBOOKGender and American History Since…1992

    These essays chart major contributions to recent historiography. Carefully selected for their accessibility and accompanied by headnotes and study questions, the essays offer a clear and engaging introduction for the non-specialist. The introduction describes the emergence of gender as a subject of historical investigation and in ten essays, historians explore the meanings and significance of gender in American history since 1890. The volume show…

  • Engendering Culture

    Tony Speranza, Barbara MeloshARTICLETheatre Journal1992

  • Government and the Arts

    Roy Rosenzweig, Barbara MeloshARTICLEJournal of American History1990

    Journal Article Government and the Arts: Voices from the New Deal Era Get access Roy Rosenzweig, Roy Rosenzweig Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Barbara Melosh Barbara Melosh Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 77, Issue 2, September 1990, Pages 596–608, https://doi.org/10.2307/2079193 Published: 01 September 1990

  • Private Matters

    Barbara MeloshARTICLEIsis1990

  • Photographing Medicine

    Barbara MeloshARTICLEIsis1989

  • Able-Bodied Womanhood

    Barbara MeloshARTICLEIsis1989

  • Not Merely a Profession

    Open AccessBarbara MeloshARTICLEAmerican Behavioral Scientist1989Cited by: 5References: 4

  • Historical Memory in Fiction

    Barbara MeloshARTICLERadical History Review1988

    Research Article| January 01 1988 Historical Memory in Fiction: The Civil Rights Movement in Three Novels Barbara Melosh Barbara Melosh Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Radical History Review (1988) 1988 (40): 64–76. https://doi.org/10.1215/01636545-1988-40-64 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Barbara Melosh; Historical Memory in Fiction: The Civil Rights Movement in Three Novels. R…

  • A Piece of My Heart

    Barbara MeloshARTICLEThe Oral History Review1987

    A Piece of My Heart: The Stories of Twenty-Six American Women who Served in Vietnam.." The Oral History Review, 15(2), pp. 201–202

  • Montefiore

    Open AccessBarbara MeloshARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1987

  • Unequal Colleagues

    Barbara MeloshARTICLEIsis1987