Description
Papers include Offen's files about K-12 curriculum; people files and correspondence, and
research about the birth of the field of Women's History. Also included documents and
letters related to Offen and Bell's book "Women, the Family, and Freedom: The Debate in
Documents." Accession 2017-022 includes Offen's dissertation research material on Paul de
Cassagnac.
Background
Karen Offen is a Senior Scholar with the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research
at Stanford University. Her research interests include history of Modern Europe, especially
France and its global influence; Western thought and politics with reference to family,
gender, and the relative status of women; historiography; women's history; the national,
regional and global histories of feminism; and comparative history. Offen earned a B.A. in
History from the University of Idaho in 1961, and an M.A. (1964) and Ph.D. (1971) in Modern
European History from Stanford University.
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Availability
The materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in
original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.