Nancy f cott biography

Nancy f cott biography: Nancy Falik Cott (born

Nancy Falik Cott born November 8, is an American historian and professor who has taught at Yale and Harvard universities, specializing in gender topics in the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries. She has testified on same-sex marriage in several US states. Cott was born in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, on November 8, Her father was a textile manufacturer and her family origins are Austro-Hungarian Jewish.

She attended public schools in Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania [ citation needed ] and then Cornell University , where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in She then attended Brandeis University , where she obtained a master's degree in American civilization in Cott in They have two children, born in and Cott became a lecturer at Boston Public Library , then in was appointed to teach history and American studies at Yale University.

Cott was assistant professor —79, associate professor —86 and professor — She obtained research fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation and Guggenheim Foundation and from the National Endowment for the Humanities.