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Gayle Graham Yates
Born
Gayle Graham

(1940-05-06)May 6, 1940
Shubuta, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedApril 27, 2023(2023-04-27) (aged 82)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Children2
Academic background
EducationMillsaps College
Vanderbilt University
University of Minnesota
Academic work
DisciplineAmerican studies, women's studies
InstitutionsUniversity of Minnesota

Gayle Graham Yates (née Graham; May 6, 1940 – April 27, 2023) was an American women's studies and American studies academic who helped establish the women's studies program at the University of Minnesota.

Life

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Yates was born on May 6, 1940, on a farm in Shubuta, Mississippi to Gleta and Robert Graham.[1] She had an older brother.[2] Members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, her mother was a teacher and her father a farmer.[2] She earned a bachelor's degree from Millsaps College and a M.A. at Vanderbilt University.[1] Yates completed studies at the Boston University School of Theology.[1] Her first daughter was born in 1963 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[1] Yates and her husband Wilson moved to New Brighton, Minnesota where he worked at the United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities (United).[1] Her second child was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota in the fall of 1967.[1] She earned a Ph.D. in American studies at the University of Minnesota.[1]

For two years, Yates worked half time at both her alma mater and United.[1] She later worked full time at the University of Minnesota, helping to create its women studies program.[1] She served as its first full time faculty director and later chair.[1][3] Yates was a feminist scholar.[3][2] In 1982, Yates began teaching American studies until she retired.[1]

Yates died on April 27, 2023, at her home in Minneapolis.[1]

Selected works

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  • Yates, Gayle Graham (1975). What Women Want: The Ideas of the Movement. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-95077-1.[4]
  • Martineau, Harriet (1985). Yates, Gayle Grahm (ed.). Harriet Martineau on Women. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-1057-6.[5]
  • Yates, Gayle Graham (1990). Mississippi Mind: A Personal Cultural History of an American State. Univ. of Tennessee Press. ISBN 978-0-87049-643-1.[6]
  • Yates, Gayle Graham (2004). Life and Death in a Small Southern Town: Memories of Shubuta, Mississippi. LSU Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-2937-1.[7]
  • Yates, Gayle Graham (2010). Ethics for Jessica: Meditations on Living. Wipf & Stock Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4982-5482-3.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Obituary for Gayle Graham Yates". Star Tribune. May 7, 2023. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  2. ^ a b c Yates, Gayle Graham; Chambers, Clarke A. (1994-11-22). "Interview with Gayle Graham Yates". University Digital Conservancy. hdl:11299/50863.
  3. ^ a b Knatterud, Mary (2024-02-20). "One Woman's Studies: The Far-Reaching Impact of Gayle Graham Yates, PhD (1940-2023)". Journal of Opinions, Ideas & Essays (JOIE). 7. University of Minnesota Retirees Association.
  4. ^ Reviews of What Women Want:
  5. ^ Review of Harriet Martineau on Women:
    • Sheets, Robin (1986). "Review of Dorothy Wordsworth; Frances Trollope; Harriet Martineau on Women; Letters of Dorothy Wordsworth: A Selection". Victorian Studies. 30 (1): 145–146. ISSN 0042-5222. JSTOR 3828215.
  6. ^ Reviews of Mississippi Mind:
  7. ^ Reviews of Life and Death in a Small Southern Town:
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