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Jean Elson (Jeany) is the author of GROSS MISBEHAVIOR AND WICKEDNESS: A NOTORIOUS DIVORCE IN EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICA (Temple, June 15, 2017). Jean is Senior Lecturer Emerita in the Department of Sociology at the University of New Hampshire. During her tenure at the University of New Hampshire Dr. Elson received teaching awards, including the “Vagina Warrior Award” from the V-Day Committee and the “Pink Triangle Award” from the LGBTQ Community. She taught classes and lectured on the topics of gender, family, women’s health and illness, and sexual behavior. Jean was also an appointed member of the UNH President’s Commission on the Status of Women. Jean holds a PhD in Sociology and a Master’s in Sociology and Women’s Studies from Brandeis University, where she received academic awards and fellowships, including the Graduate Grant Prize for Research in Women’s Studies and the Elizabeth Stanton Michaels Fellowship from the National American Association of University Women. Jean Elson’s previous book, “Am I Still a Woman?” Hysterectomy and Gender Identity, received enthusiastic reviews from both the popular and academic press. She is also author of a chapter in Our Bodies Ourselves: Menopause. Jean has written articles and been interviewed for a variety of newspapers and magazines and has appeared on several radio and television programs. Jeany and her husband Tom have traveled extensively in Europe, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. She enjoys hanging out with son Dave and his wife Emily, daughter Jessica and her husband Dustin, and grandson Max and granddaughter Romi. For more information, please visit JeanElson.com, @jeanelsonauthor on Facebook, or Jean Elson on Goodreads.
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