Estelle Freedman

For the past twenty-five years, Estelle B. Freedman, a founder of the Program in Feminist Studies at Stanford University, has written about the history of women in the United States. Freedman is the author of two award-winning studies: "Their Sisters' Keepers: Women's Prison Reform in America, 1830-1930 "and "Maternal Justice: Miriam Van Waters and the Female Reform Tradition," Freedman coauthored "Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America," which was a "New York Times "Notable Book....See more

For the past twenty-five years, Estelle B. Freedman, a founder of the Program in Feminist Studies at Stanford University, has written about the history of women in the United States. Freedman is the author of two award-winning studies: "Their Sisters' Keepers: Women's Prison Reform in America, 1830-1930 "and "Maternal Justice: Miriam Van Waters and the Female Reform Tradition," Freedman coauthored "Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America," which was a "New York Times "Notable Book. Professor Freedman lives in San Francisco. "From the Hardcover edition." See less