Carol Berkin
Carol Ruth Berkin is an American historian and author specializing in women's role in American colonial history.Life
She was born in Mobile, Alabama. She is divorced with two children. She graduated from Barnard College in 1964 and a Ph.D. from Columbia University.Career
She taught at Baruch College from 1972 to 2008 and has taught at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York since 1983. She is currently Baruch Presidential Professor of History at the City University of New York.
She has worked as a historical commentator for several television documentaries, most notably PBS's Dolley Madison: America’s First Lady.Awards
Berkin has received the Bancroft Dissertation Award from the Bancroft Foundation. and a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.Selected works
