Martha Hodes
Martha Elizabeth Hodes (born June 12, 1958) is an American historian. She is a professor of History at New York University, and the author of several books. She won the Lincoln Prize in 2016.[1]
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| Born | June 12, 1958 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | BA, 1980, Bowdoin College MA, 1984, Harvard University PhD, 1987, Princeton University |
| Thesis | Sex across the color line: white women and black men in the nineteenth-century American South |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | New York University |
Early life and education
Hodes was born on June 12, 1958.[2] At the age of 12, she was taken hostage with her sister and hundreds of other people as part of the hijacking of TWA Flight 741, in September of 1970. She and the rest of the hostages were eventually released. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Bowdoin College, her Master's degree from Harvard University and her PhD from Princeton University.[3]
References
- Cook, Doug (March 27, 2016). "Martha Hodes '80 Wins Prize for 'Mourning Lincoln'". dailysun.bowdoin.edu. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
- "Hodes, Martha Elizabeth". id.loc.gov. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
- "Martha Hodes". as.nyu.edu. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
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