Background
Skeeters, Martha C. was born on October 18, 1946 in Longview, Texas, United States. Daughter of Laborn Leon and Ava Ellein (Tullos) Skeeters.
Skeeters, Martha C. was born on October 18, 1946 in Longview, Texas, United States. Daughter of Laborn Leon and Ava Ellein (Tullos) Skeeters.
Bachelor, U. North Texas, 1969; Master of Arts, U. North Texas, 1973; Doctor of Philosophy, University Texas at Austin, 1984.
World history teacher, Marshall (Texas) High School, 1972-1974; adjunct instructor, Austin (Texas) Community College, 1976; adjunct instructor, Houston Community College, 1979-1980; adjunct instructor, Rose State College, Midwest City, Oklahoma, 1983; visiting assistant professor, Phillips U., Enid, Oklahoma, 1984-1985; historian, United States Government Tinker Air Force Base, Midwest City, 1986; visiting assistant professor, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, 1987-1988; student advisor, Oklahoma City Community College, 1993-1994; visiting assistant professor, adjunct assistant professor, U. Oklahoma, Norman, 1989-1991, 91-94; assistant professor, Austin College, Sherman, Texas, 1994-1996. Evaluator National Endowment for Humanities Applications for Grants, 1991.
Organizer, facilitator Focus: Central America, Unitarian-UniversalistSvc. Committee, 1989; participating scholar Oklahoma Foundation for Humanities, Stillwater Public Library., 1989. Member American Association of University Women (representative state planning committee Lobby Day), American History Association, Sixteenth Century Studies Society, North American Conference on British Studies, Women in History Profession (coordinator committee).
Married João Rego Cruz, Aug.17, 1980. 1 child, Amy Elizabeth Skeeters-Behrens.