Report of the American Historical Association Committee on the Status of Women
Appendix A.
The following tables show the number of women and the number of
men in each of the professorial ranks in thirty departments of history.
In each case the number of women in a given rank is shown first
and then the number of men so that the entry 2/6 indicates two women
and six men in that rank. The graduate departments of history are
selected on the basis of the American Council on Education 1966
evaluation of graduate departments. The coeducational liberal arts
colleges and the women's colleges are ones generally regarded as
having good academic reputations. In the coeducational and the women's
colleges some attention was also given to geographic distribution.
For the women's colleges staffing information was also sought for
the decade years of this century in order to illustrate the changing
position of women faculty in those institutions.
The information which these tables show was gleaned from the published
catalogues of the various institutions and from the replies from
the department chairmen of the thirty institutions who received
the preliminary reports based on the survey of the catalogues. In
August, 1970, a letter was sent to the departments taken from the
published catalogues. A reply was requested by October 15, 1970,
and the letter stated that if no reply was received, it would be
assumed that the original catalogue information was correct. Replies
were received from nineteen of the thirty institutions. We have
not counted visiting faculty members when we have been able to identify
them as visitors.
SURVEY OF 1969-1970 HISTORY DOCTORAL RECEPIENTS
Personal History
1. Name (Last) (First) (Middle or Maiden)
2. Address (Number) (Street) (City) (State) (Zip)
3. Sex: (circle one) Male 1 Female 2
4. In what year were you born? (Year)
5. Are you: (circle one)
| White/Caucasian | 1 |
| Black/Negro/Afro-American | 2 |
| Oriential | 3 |
| American Indian | 4 |
| Mexican American | 5 |
| Puerto-Rican American | 6 |
| Other | 7 |
| (specifiy) |
6. Where were you and your parents born? (circle one in each column)
| You | Your Father | Your Mother | |
| USA | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Canada | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Central or S. America | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Western Europe | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Eastern Europe | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Africa | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Far East | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Middle East | 8 | 8 | 8 |
7. Your religion. (circle one in each column)
| Religion | Religion in which | Present Religion |
| you were reared | preference | |
| Protestant | 1 | 1 |
| Roman Catholic | 2 | 2 |
| Jewish | 3 | 3 |
| Quaker | 4 | 4 |
| None | 5 | 5 |
| Other | 6 | 6 |
| (specify) |
8. Your political orientation. (circle one)
| Very Conservative | 1 |
| Conservative | 2 |
| Moderate (middle of the road) | 3 |
| Liberal | 4 |
| Left | 5 |
| Far Left | 6 |
| Other | 7 |
9. Marital Status. (circle one)
| Single | 1 |
| Religious order | 2 |
| Married | 3 |
| Separated | 4 |
| Divorced | 5 |
| Widowed | 6 |
10. Children
| None | 1 |
| One | 2 |
| Two | 3 |
| Three | 4 |
| Four or more | 5 |
Educational History
11. When did you receive your BA? (year)
12. At what institution. (Name)
13. What was your undergraduate major? (Specify)
14. When did you begin your graduate study? (Month) (Year)
14A. If you received a Master's Degree prior to your doctorate
indicate:
Year received
Field of specialization
Institution (Name) (Location)
15. Doctoral degree granting institution. (Name) (Location)
16. What is your general field of history? (circle one)
| American | 1 |
| European | 2 |
| English | 3 |
| Russian | 4 |
| Japanese | 5 |
| Indian | 6 |
| Other | 7 |
| (specify) |
17. What is your special emphasis within your field? (circle one)
| Social | 1 |
| Political | 2 |
| Intellectual | 3 |
| Economic | 4 |
| Cultural | 5 |
| Agricultural | 6 |
| Other | 7 |
| (specify) |
18. Have you at any time interrupted your graduate study?
| Yes | 1 |
| No | 2 |
| If No (go to 20) |
19. Indicate the importance of each reason (if you have interrupted your studies more than once, check the reasons for the longest interruption).
| Major Reason | Minor Reason | No Reason | |
| Need to Support family | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Need toassist spouseto complete grad work | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Childbirth | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Family and/or children requiring my attention at home | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Desire to secure teaching experience before degree | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Illness | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Other | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| (specify) | 3 | 2 | 1 |
20. What was your stipend source during graduate study? (mark each one)
| Source | Major Source | Minor Source | Not a source |
| Fellowship/scholarship | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Teaching or res. assistantship | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| loan | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Personal Savings | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Support from spouse | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Other | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| (specify) | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Occupational History and Plans
21. Are you presently employed?
| Yes | 1 |
| No | 2 |
| If No (go to 30) |
22. Is your appointment in; (circle one)
| Teaching | 1 |
| Academic Administration | 2 |
| Research | 3 |
| Other | 4 |
| (specify) |
23. Is your employer a : (circle one)
| Two-year college | 1 |
| Fou-year, coeduc. college | 2 |
| Four-year women's college | 3 |
| Four-year men's college | 4 |
| Private University | 5 |
| State University | 6 |
| Other | 7 |
| (specify) |
24. Indicate your rank or title:
| Visiting lecturer or instructor | 1 |
| lecturer | 2 |
| Instructor | 3 |
| Acting Assistant Prof. | 4 |
| Assistant Prof. | 5 |
| Associate Prof. | 6 |
| Full Prof. | 7 |
| Department Chairman | 8 |
| Other | 9 |
| (Specify) |
25. My salary before deductions is: (circle one)
| less than 7,000 | 1 |
| 7,000 -9,999 | 2 |
| 10,000-11,999 | 3 |
| 12,000-13,999 | 4 |
| 14,000-15,999 | 5 |
| 16,000-17,999 | 6 |
| 18,000-19,999 | 7 |
| 20,000-or more | 8 |
26. Is this salary based on : (circle one)
| 9/10 month appointment | 1 |
| 11/12 month appointment | 2 |
27. In accepting this job, indicate whether it was: (circle one)
| The first and only offer | 1 |
| One of two or three firm offers | 2 |
| One of more than three firm offers | 3 |
| Other | 4 |
| (specify) |
28. Are you employed at the institution at which you received your doctoral training?
| Yes | 1 |
| No | 2 |
28a. What source do you consider to have been the most effective aid to you in securing your first position.
| Dissertation supervisor | 1 |
| Departmental placement | 2 |
| University placement | 3 |
| Professional association | 4 |
| Other | 5 |
| (specify) |
29. Indicate the importance of each reason in your decision to your present job offer. (circle one in each column)
| Reason | Very Important | Somewhat Important | Not Important |
| Job scarcity (only offer) | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Salary | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Prestige of Institution | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Prospects of promotion | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Library facilities | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Location of institution | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Institution or emplyoyer willing to employ spouse | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Could not relocate because of spouses employment | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| (GO TO 32) |
30. IF NOT EMPLOYED I am not currently employed because. (circle one)
| I did not receive an offer | 1 |
| I received an offer but it was not commensurate with my ability or Training | 2 |
| I did not want to teach | 3 |
| I was unable to find a suitably located College | 4 |
| I have decided not to work this year because of family responsibilities | 5 |
| I could not find domestic help | 6 |
| I had to rest because of health reasons | 7 |
| I did not want to work | 8 |
| Other | 9 |
| (specify) |
31. When do you plan to return to work? (circle one)
| As soon as I find employment | 1 |
| Within the year | 2 |
| In a few years | 3 |
| Never again | 4 |
32. Have you been employed before? Yes 1 No 2
33. IF YES, Indicate:
Dates: From To
Title or position
Employer
34. From your experience and/or observation, what treatment was accorded to female students by your graduate department. (circle one in each row)
| Favored Strongly | Favored Somewhat | Neutral | Discriminate Somewhat | Discriminate Strongly | |
| In gaining admission | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| In gaining fellowship support | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| In gaining opportunity to teach for self-support | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| In securing employment aid from faculty and placement officers | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| In securing faculty sponsor for dissertation | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| In professional and scholarly contact with fellow students | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| In other ways | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| (specify) | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
35. From your experience and/or observation what treatment was to:
| Favored Strongly | Favored Somewhat | Neutral | Discriminate Somewhat | Discriminate Strongly | |
| Black Students | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Spanish speaking students | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Students from lower socio-economic background | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Students who participated in protests | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Students who wore unconventual clothes and hairsytles | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Students strongly committed to some organized religion | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Foreign students | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| (specify) | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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