Background
Cowden, Joanna Dunlap was born on February 9, 1933 in Chico, California, United States. Daughter of Chesley M. and Helen C. (Cummings) Dunlap.
Cowden, Joanna Dunlap was born on February 9, 1933 in Chico, California, United States. Daughter of Chesley M. and Helen C. (Cummings) Dunlap.
AB, Radcliffe College, 1955. Master of Arts, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy, University Connecticut, 1975.
Lecturer in history University Connecticut, Storrs, 1969-1973. Professor history California State University, Chico, from 1973. Member Commission on Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, 1987.
Member Association for Study of Connecticut History, Organisation American Historians, Western Association Women Historians.
Married George R. Cowden, January 15, 1955 (divorced 1972). Children: Jean Cowden Moore, Sandra Cowden Johnson, Rebecca Rogoway, Jennifer Miramontes.