Elizabeth DeWolfe

Elizabeth DeWolfe is Professor of History and co-founder of the Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Program at the University of New England. She teaches courses including Growing Up Female: History of American Girls, Sex and the City, and War Letters. Her research examines ordinary women in extraordinary historical circumstances, with publications on Gilded Age spies, anti-Shaker activists, and textile factory operatives.

Research interests focus on:

• Reconstructing marginalized women's histories through primary sources
• Analyzing intersection of gender, class, and religion in 19th-century America
• Investigating popular culture as historical evidence

Recent articles explore Shaker communities, legal femininity constructs, and industrial tragedies. Publication trends show sustained focus on gender narratives within religious dissent and labor history contexts.

Awards include:

• Communal Studies Association Outstanding Book Award (2003)
• New England Historical Association Book Award (2007)
• Northeast Popular Culture Association Book Award (2007)