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Victoria
Brown
Associate
Professor of History
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| Research:
I joined the Center for Prairie Studies because of my research
interest in Jane Addams, a leading figure in Illinois as well
as U.S history, and because of my interest in teaching students
to use historical archives. Through Prairie Studies, I can involve
students in archival work related to the history of Iowa, Illinois,
Kansas, and Nebraska. I am particularly interested in the history
of reformers during the Progressive era. An astonishing number
of Progressives came off the prairie and had a tremendous effect
on American life in the years between 1880 and 1920. In my years
at Grinnell, I have had wonderful experiences supervising student
research in the history of reform in the midwest; the Center
for Prairie Studies allows me to expand these opportunities
for student research. |
Victoria Brown
Associate Professor History
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Teaching: I have for several years taught
a seminar in the History the Progressive Era and, through that,
supervised research on reform endeavors in prairie states. As
part of the Center for Prairie Studies, I will be developing
a Tutorial on the History of the Town of Grinnell, an intermediate-level
course on Iowa History, and a senior seminar on Prairie Women
Reformers. The tutorial will allow first-year students to explore
local history and learn about the town they will be living in
for four years; each student will use local primary materials
to write a research paper. The intermediate course will survey
the relationships between Iowa's agricultural, environmental,
political, economic, and ethnic history and will, again, offer
opportunities for student research. |
| In the seminar on Prairie Women Reformers, students
will travel to various archives in Iowa and other prairie states
to research and then write about women's efforts to reform political,
educational, social, and economic life in the years between
1850 and 1930. |
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