Background
Janet Lee was born in 1954, in the United States.
Stirling FK9 4LA, United Kingdom
Janet received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Stirling, Scotland in 1976.
Pullman, WA, United States
Janet holds a Master of Arts (1982) and a Doctor of Philosophy (1985) from Washington State University.
Stirling FK9 4LA, United Kingdom
Janet received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Stirling, Scotland in 1976.
Pullman, WA, United States
Janet holds a Master of Arts (1982) and a Doctor of Philosophy (1985) from Washington State University.
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(Blood Stories focuses on menarche as a central aspect of ...)
Blood Stories focuses on menarche as a central aspect of body politics in contemporary US society, emphasizing that women are integrated into the social and sexual order through the body. Using oral and written narratives of 104 diverse women, the authors address the central question of how menarche as a bodily event signifying womanhood takes on cultural significance in a society that devalues women. Exploring issues of contamination and concealment and the sexualization of women's bodies that occurs at menarche, the authors emphasize how the politics of gender are negotiated on/through women's bodies.
https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Stories-Menarche-Politics-Contemporary-ebook/dp/B019P2KYDQ/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Blood+Stories%3A+Menarche+and+the+Politics+of+the+Female+Body+in+Contemporary+U.S.+Society&qid=1608629159&s=books&sr=1-1
1996
(With intense passion and commitment, labor reformers and ...)
With intense passion and commitment, labor reformers and Communist Party activists Grace Hutchins and Anna Rochester dedicated themselves both to the cause of economic justice and to each other. Janet Lee traces Hutchins and Rochester's extraordinary ideological journey from Christianity to Communism in this engaging joint biography, regendering the history of the intellectual left at the same time that she shares the interwoven life stories of these remarkable women. This is a biography that explores the complex and multiple contexts that produced Hutchins and Rochester as political subjects and focuses on the tensions and contradictions of their public and private lives.
https://www.amazon.com/Comrades-Partners-Shared-Hutchins-Rochester/dp/0847696200/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Comrades+and+Partners%3A+The+Shared+Lives+of+Grace+Hutchins+and+Anna+Rochester&qid=1608629362&s=books&sr=1-1
2000
(As a leading introductory women's and gender studies read...)
As a leading introductory women's and gender studies reader, Shaw and Lee's Women's Voices, Feminist Visions offers an excellent balance of classic, conceptual, and experiential selections including new contemporary readings.
https://www.amazon.com/Womens-Voices-Feminist-Visions-Contemporary/dp/0072822422
2001
(War girls reveals the fascinating story of the British wo...)
War girls reveals the fascinating story of the British women who volunteered for service in the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY) during the Great War. Examining their experiences on the Western Front with the Belgian, British and French Armies, this book shows how the FANY worked as nurses and ambulance driver-mechanics, inspiring stories of female heroism and solidarity. The FANY created skilled gendered performances against the cultural myths of the time, and in concert with their emerging legend. Coming from privileged backgrounds, they drew upon and subverted traditional arrangements, crafting new and unconventional identities for themselves. The author shares the stories of the FANY - a fascinating, quirky, and audacious group of women - and illustrates the ways the Great War subverted existing gender arrangements. It will make fascinating reading for those working in the field of gender and war, as well as those who wish to find out more about this remarkable group of women.
https://www.amazon.com/War-Girls-First-Nursing-Yeomanry/dp/071906712X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=War+Girls%3A+The+First+Aid+Nursing+Yeomanry+%28&qid=1608629301&s=books&sr=1-1
2005
(This text with readings provides an accessible and engagi...)
This text with readings provides an accessible and engaging introduction to issues faced by women around the world. Each chapter begins with a framework essay written by a feminist scholar in the field, which provides an overview and analytical structure for the issues related to the topic at hand. The framework essay includes learning activities and other sidebars that may help instructors in planning class sessions and will encourage students to explore issues further. A number of carefully selected readings in each chapter offer a wide variety of perspectives on the topics discussed. Few of these essays have been anthologized elsewhere, providing new material for instructors and students.
https://www.amazon.com/Women-Worldwide-Transnational-Feminist-Perspectives/dp/007351229X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Women+Worldwide%3A+Transnational+Feminist+Perspectives+on+Women&qid=1608629251&s=books&sr=1-1
2011
(Gendered Voices, Feminist Visions: Classic and Contempora...)
Gendered Voices, Feminist Visions: Classic and Contemporary Readings, Seventh Edition, is a balanced collection of classic, conceptual, and experiential selections. Accessible and student-friendly, the readings reflect the great diversity of women's experiences. Framework essays provide context and connections for students, while features like learning activities, ideas for activism, and questions for discussion provide a strong pedagogical structure for the readings.
https://www.amazon.com/Gendered-Voices-Feminist-Visions-Contemporary/dp/019092487X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1608629004&refinements=p_27%3AJanet++Lee&s=books&sr=1-1&text=Janet++Lee
2019
Janet Lee was born in 1954, in the United States.
Janet received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Stirling, Scotland in 1976. She also earned a Master of Arts (1982) and a Doctor of Philosophy (1985) from Washington State University.
Janet Lee started her teaching career as a teaching assistant at the Department of Sociology, and Women's Studies Program at Washington State University from 1982 to 1985. She then transferred to Minnesota State University at Mankato, where she served as an assistant professor (1986-1989), associate professor (1989-1991), and Chair of the Department of Women's Studies (1989-1991).
From 1991 to 2001 Janet held the position of associate professor and since 2001 she is a professor of Women Studies at Oregon State University. In 1996 Lee was also an instructor at the American Studies Department and Women's Studies Program at the University of Maryland.
Lee was a regular contributor to the Honors College (HC) at Oregon State University curriculum, offering courses entitled Global Women, Men and Masculinities, and Women: Self and Society. She has also twice served as the primary mentor to an Honors College undergraduate thesis, and her engagement with and commitment to the Honors College has been instrumental in building a strong collaborative relationship between the college and the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program.
Janet Lee has written extensively on the various stigmas that have been attached to the female body, including negative attitudes toward menstruation. In Blood Stories: Menarche and the Politics of the Female Body in Contemporary U.S. Society, Lee and her coauthor, Jennifer Sasser-Coen, draw on accounts from more than 100 women to address the cultural issues surrounding menarche, the onset of menstruation in puberty, and the political implications of these attitudes. In addition to her work on body issues and female sexuality, Lee has written extensively on the relationship between feminism and social justice, and the radical potential of social work. In Comrades and Partners: The Shared Lives of Grace Hutchins and Anna Rochester, Lee brings to life two women, born in the late 1800s to prominent families, whose interest in social justice gradually took them from traditional social work and missionary activity through Christian socialism and finally to the Communist Party, while forming a lesbian relationship that put them at odds with those from both the political right and left.
Janet Lee's excellence as a teacher and campus leader has been widely recognized, most recently when she received both the Richard M. Bressler Senior Faculty Teaching Award and C. Warren Hovland Service Award in 2011. In recognition of her record of service, teaching, and mentorship, a panel of peers selected Janet Lee as an Honors College Eminent Professor for 2014.
(As a leading introductory women's and gender studies read...)
2001(With intense passion and commitment, labor reformers and ...)
2000(Blood Stories focuses on menarche as a central aspect of ...)
1996(Gendered Voices, Feminist Visions: Classic and Contempora...)
2019(War girls reveals the fascinating story of the British wo...)
2005(This text with readings provides an accessible and engagi...)
2011Janet's research interests include gender and literary histories; early-twentieth-century feminist and queer British histories and the social histories of the United States Progressive Era. The current scholarship includes a history of emotions focus on relationships between militarism and modernity that explores the ways these forces shape masculinity as an embodied practice.
