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Ann Little is a Professor in the Department of History at Colorado State University. Her research focuses on early North American history, particularly women’s history, gender studies, the history of sexuality, and religious history. She earned her A.B. from Bryn Mawr College and M.A./Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Notable works include The Many Captivities of Esther Wheelwright (2016), winner of the 2018 Albert B. Corey Prize, and Abraham in Arms: War and Gender in Colonial New England (2007). Professor Little has been featured on media platforms such as TLC’s Who Do You Think You Are? and podcasts like Ben Franklin’s World, discussing colonial history and family genealogy. She co-edited a special issue of Early American Studies (2019) honoring Mary Maples Dunn and currently teaches courses like HIST 369: History of Sexuality in America and HIST 392: Seminar in Historical Methods. Her current research project, Natural Women: Nature, Maternity, and Liberty after the Revolution, explores women’s roles in the early U.S. Republic through environmental and reproductive frameworks.
Education:
- A.B., Bryn Mawr College
- M.A. and Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Research Interests:
Professor Little’s work examines intersections of gender, religion, and captivity in colonial North America. Her prize-winning book traces the life of Esther Wheelwright, a girl captured by the Wabanaki who became Quebec’s first foreign-born Ursuline Mother Superior, highlighting networks of Indigenous, French, and colonial women shaping early North America. Ongoing projects investigate how women conceptualized their roles through natural landscapes and reproductive agency in post-Revolutionary America.
Awards and Media:
- 2018 Albert B. Corey Prize/Prix Corey
- Featured in Who Do You Think You Are? (NBC/TLC) episodes (2015, 2018, 2022)
- Interviewed on Ben Franklin’s World podcast (2018)
Advising & Teaching:
Guides M.A. students specializing in American women’s/gender history, history of sexuality, and early North American religious history. Teaches graduate seminar HIST 511 and undergraduate courses on sexuality and human/non-human animal history.
