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# Estelle Freedman

(1947)   Historian

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Estelle Freedman is a historian.

## Quick Facts About Estelle Freedman

Born January 1, 1947

Profession Historian

## About Estelle Freedman

American historian... \| Estelle B. Freedman is an American historian. She is the Edgar E. Robinson Professor Emerita in U.S. History at Stanford University She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Barnard College in 1969 and her Master of Arts (1972) and PhD (1976) in history from Columbia University. She has taught a

##  Quotes by Estelle Freedman

> [We will ask two central questions throughout this course: 1. What difference does gender make? 2. For which women does it make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/estelle-freedman/we-will-ask-two-central-questions-throughout-this-course-1-what/)

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[Asks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asks/)

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> [Feminism is a belief that although women and men are inherently of equal worth, most societies privilege men as a group. As…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/estelle-freedman/feminism-is-a-belief-that-although-women-and-men-are-inherently-of/)

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[Achieve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/achieve/)

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> [“I use “equal worth” rather than equality because the latter term often assumes that men’s historical experience—whether economic, political, or sexual—is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/estelle-freedman/i-use-equal-worth-rather-than-equality-because-the-latter-term-often/)

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[Equality](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/equality/)

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