9:30–11:30 a.m.

14. Liberalism and the Historical Use of Age
Omni Shoreham, Calvert Room

Chair:	John R. Gillis, Rutgers University
Papers:	The Competency Within: Liberalism and the History of Modern Childhood Patrick Ryan, University of Texas at Dallas Age, Gender, Race, and the Construction of Citizenship in the Antebellum United States Corinne T. Field, Columbia University Gerontology, Race, and the Liberal Critique of “Ageism” in Post-Word War II America Jesse F. Ballenger, Johns Hopkins University
Comment:	Paula Fass, University of California at Berkeley