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Morris, Bonnie Jean was born on May 14, 1961 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of John Roger and Myra Jean Morris.
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The High School Scene in the Fifties: Voices from West L.A.
( Writer Kurt Vonnegut once said that high school is clos...)
Writer Kurt Vonnegut once said that high school is closer to the core of the American experience than anything else. Our high school reputations—as leaders or scapegoats, good girls or fast girls, popular athletes or feared delinquents—haunt Americans long into adulthood. The High School Scene in the Fifties: Voices from West L.A. offers a look at the high school clubs and social pecking order of postwar Los Angeles, when students' social lives were determined by male or female rites of passage, and Jewish or Gentile identities. Through interviews of adults attending primarily Jewish public schools, the author examines the school-mandated segregation of Jews and Gentiles in social clubs and the defiance of those students who tested the barriers. Reconstructing their former adolescent pecking order through informal narrative, both male and female, Jewish and Gentile school alumnae recall the Americanization process of their teenage years in the 1950s, and the often painful social hierarchies intended to direct them to their adult place. For women in particular, challenging the status quo by dating across accepted lines brought real risks. The accounts offer a fresh framework for understanding the American experience of gender and ethnic segregation—and the possibility of change, proven by young students who themselves pushed beyond conformity in the McCarthy years.
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Bonnie Jean Morris, American Women's studies educator. Recipient fellowshhip Humanities Research Institute, Dartmouth College, 1989, 1st prize essay Millennium Institute, Arlington, Virginia, 1997. Coord. Jewish resources Michigan Women's Music Festival, since 1991; member Gay, Lesbian and Straight Teachers Network, since 1994. Member National Organization for Women, American History Association, Mensa Society.
Education
Bachelor, American University, Washington, 1983. Master of Arts, State University of New York, Binghamton, 1985. Doctor of Philosophy, State University of New York, Binghamton, 1990.
Career
Assistant professor department history, California State University, Chico, 1989-1990;
research associate, Harvard Division School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1990-1991;
assistant professor of history department, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, 1992-1994;
visiting assistant professor women's studies program, Northern Kentucky U., Highland Heights, 1995;
visiting assistant professor women's studies program, Georgetown University, Washington, 1996-1997;
visiting assistant professor women's studies program, George Washington University, Washington, since 1994. History and women's studies faculty Semester at Sea, 1993. Research associate Center for Women Policy Studies, since 1994.
Visiting writer Carolina FriendsSch., Durham, North Carolina, since 1995. Advisory board Women's Sports Foundation, New York City, since 1995. Emcee, historian Campfest, Pennsylvania, since 1993, Gulf Coast Women's Festival, Ovett, Mississippi, since 1995.
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The High School Scene in the Fifties: Voices from West L.A.
( Writer Kurt Vonnegut once said that high school is clos...)
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Lubavitcher Women in America: Identity and Activism in the Postwar Era
(Lubavitcher Women in America offers a rare look at the wo...)
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Lubavitcher Women in America: Identity and Activism in the Postwar Era by Bonnie J. Morris (1998-07-10)
(Brand New. In Stock. Will be shipped from US. Excellent C...)
- Eden Built by Eves: The Culture of Women's Music Festivals
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The High School Scene in the Fifties: Voices from West L.A.
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Coord. Jewish resources Michigan Women's Music Festival, since 1991. Member Gay, Lesbian and Straight Teachers Network, since 1994. Member National Organization for Women, American History Association, Mensa Society.
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Finalist Lambda Literary award, 2000-2010. Recipient 1st prize essay, Millenium Institute, Arlington, Virginia, 1997. Fellow, Humanities Research Institute, Dartmouth College, 1989.Finalist Lambda Literary award, 2000-2010. Recipient 1st prize essay, Millenium Institute, Arlington, Virginia, 1997. Fellow, Humanities Research Institute, Dartmouth College, 1989.