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Genevieve McBride

  • Professor Emerita, History
  • Affiliated Professor Emerita, Urban Studies

Education

  • PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1989
  • MA, Marquette University, 1983
  • BS Ed, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1971

Courses Taught

  • Hist 150 - Multicultural America
  • Hist 152 - US History, 1877 to the Present
  • Hist 193 - Freshman Seminar - Advertising in America
  • Hist 243 - Women in American Society
  • Hist 270 - History of the Heartland
  • Hist 373 - History of Women in the Midwest
  • Hist 600 - Senior Seminar - History of the Heartland
  • Hist 600 - Senior Seminar - Reformers and the Media
  • Hist 800 - Graduate Colloquium - Reformers and the Media
  • Hist 900 - Graduate Seminar - Women Reformers
  • Hist 900 - Graduate Seminar - Women in America
  • Hist 900 – Graduate Seminar - History of the Heartland

Teaching Interests

American history, Midwestern history, reform movement history, women’s history, media history

Research Interests

American history, Midwestern history, reform movement history, African American history, women’s history, media history

Related Activities

  • Past Director, Women’s Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • Past Member, Board of Curators, Wisconsin Historical Society

Selected Publications

McBride, Genevieve G., and Byers, Stephen R.'Dear Mrs. Griggs': Women Readers Pour Out Their Hearts in the HeartlandMilwaukee, Wisconsin: Marquette University Press. 2014.
McBride, Genevieve G., and Byers, Stephen R.“On the Front Page in the 'Jazz Age': Journalist Ione Quinby, Chicago's Ageless 'Girl Reporter'” Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society106.1 Ed. McMahon, Eileen M.(2013): 91-128.
McBride, Genevieve G.“Helpmeets, Hausfraus, Hellions, and More: The Missing Majority in Milwaukee History” Perspectives on Milwaukee’s PastEd. Anderson, Margo L., and Greene, Victor L.Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. (2009): 192-218.
McBride, Genevieve G., and Byers, Stephen R.“The First Mayor of Black Milwaukee: J. Anthony Josey” Wisconsin Magazine of History91.2 (2008): 2-15.
. Women's Wisconsin: From Native Matriarchies to the New MillenniumEd. McBride, Genevieve G.Madison, Wis.: Wisconsin Historical Society. 2005.
McBride, Genevieve G.On Wisconsin Women: Working for Their Rights from Settlement to SuffrageMadison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press. 1995.