Susan Porter Benson: Difference between revisions

| birth_place = [[Washington, Pennsylvania]], USU.S.

| death_place = [[Manchester, Connecticut]], USU.S.

'''Susan Porter Benson''' (July 26, 1943 – June 20, 2005) was an American [[historian]] and academic, specializing in [[labor history]] and [[women's studies]] as well as public and cultural history. She taught at [[Bristol Community College]] (1968–86), the [[University of Missouri]] (1986–93), and the [[University of Connecticut]] (1993–2005).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |lastlast1=Rosenzweig |firstfirst1=Roy |last2=Agnew |first2=Jean-Christophe |date=2005-10-01 |title=Susan Porter Benson (1943-2005) {{!}} Perspectives on History |url=https://www.historians.org/publications-and-directories/perspectives-on-history/october-2005/in-memoriam-susan-porter-benson |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=American Historical Association}}</ref> Her book ''Counter Cultures'' influenced the field of labor and women's history and [[Media culture|consumer culture]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Levine |first=Susan |date=2007 |title=The Culture of Consumption Reconsidered: Essays in Tribute to Susan Porter Benson |url=http://muse.jhu.edu/content/crossref/journals/journal_of_womens_history/v019/19.1levine.html |journal=Journal of Women's History |language=en |volume=19 |issue=1 |pages=10–16 |doi=10.1353/jowh.2007.0020 |s2cid=143082787 |issn=1527-2036}}</ref> ''Presenting the Past: Essays on History and the Public'', which she co-edited with Stephen Brier and [[Roy Rosenzweig]], inspired the [[Temple University Press]] book series ''Critical Perspectives on the Past''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=The Susan Porter Benson Papers |url=https://archivessearch.lib.uconn.edu/repositories/2/resources/414 |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=University of Connecticut Archives and Special Collections}}</ref>

A native of [[Washington, Pennsylvania|Washington]], [[Pennsylvania]], Benson received her BA degree from [[Simmons University|Simmons College]] in 1964, her MA from [[Brown University]] in 1968, and her PhD from Brown in 1983. She taught as a visiting professor at the [[University of Warwick]] (1984) and [[Yale University]] (1998) and served as director of women's studies at the University of Connecticut from 1993 to 1998.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Roediger |first=D. |date=2005-12-01 |title=In Memoriam: Susan Porter Benson |url=https://doi.org/10.1215/15476715-2-4-5 |journal=Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas |language=en |volume=2 |issue=4 |pages=5–6 |doi=10.1215/15476715-2-4-5 |issn=1547-6715}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

* {{Cite book |lastlast1=Benson |firstfirst1=Susan Porter |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/presenting-the-past-essays-on-history-and-the-public/oclc/12810303 |title=Presenting the Past: Essays on History and the Public |last2=Brier |first2=Stephen |last3=Rosenzweig |first3=Roy |publisher=Temple University Press |year=1986 |isbn=978-0-87722-406-8 |location=Philadelphia |language=en |oclc=12810303}}

* {{Cite book |last=Benson |first=Susan Porter |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/counter-cultures-saleswomen-managers-and-customers-in-american-department-stores-1890-1940/oclc/12557301 |title=Counter Cultures: Saleswomen, Managers, and Customers in American Department Stores, 1890-1940 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |year=1986 |isbn=978-0-252-01252-5 |location=Urbana |language=en |oclc=12557301}}