Emily skidmore

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Emily Skidmore is an associate professor and researcher. She is currently a [[history]] professor at [[Texas Tech University]] where she is also the director of graduate studies<ref name=":0"></ref><ref name=":1">https://ift.tt/3sgLchU>.

== Biography ==
Emily Skidmore's award winning book ''True Sex: The Lives of Trans Men at the Turn of the Twentieth Century'' gathered historical examples of [[Trans man|trans men]] in the United States from the 1876 to 1936. The historical examples were gathered from newspapers, census and court documents<ref name=":4">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>. Some of the included trans men were, [[Joseph Lobdell]] and [[Ralph Kerwineo]]<ref name=":4" />. Rorotoko did a cover interview feature with Skidmore regarding her book ''True Sex: The Lives of Trans Men at the Turn of the Twentieth Century,'' as the book looked at historical findings of Trans men in rural areas<ref name=":3"> History at Illinois|url=https://history.illinois.edu/news/2018-07-25/emily-skidmore-phd-2011-quoted-extensively-recent-issue-perspectives|access-date=2021-02-22|website=history.illinois.edu|language=en}}</ref><ref> Perspectives on History AHA|url=https://www.historians.org/publications-and-directories/perspectives-on-history/may-2018/what-is-trans-history-from-activist-and-academic-roots-a-field-takes-shape|access-date=2021-02-22|website=www.historians.org}}</ref>. The book has been extensively reviewed with commentary supporting the possibility of re-framing the history of queer people in the United States <ref> Inside Higher Ed|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2017/09/06/review-emily-skidmores-true-sex-lives-trans-men-turn-20th-century|access-date=2021-02-22|website=www.insidehighered.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>.

Skidmore's works center on [[LGBT community|LGBTQ2+ issues]], with a focus of [[transgender history]]. Some of Skidmore's works are have an [[Intersectionality|inter-sectional]] approach and her 12 articles have been published in 10 journals<ref></ref>. Skidmore's work has been included in ''A Companion to Americian Women's History''<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> and her historical perspective has also been interviewed and quoted regarding the origins of the [[Women's suffrage in the United States|women's suffrage]] movement<ref> Texas Tech Today TTU|url=https://today.ttu.edu/posts/2020/08/Stories/women-suffrage-more-than-century-making|access-date=2021-02-22|website=today.ttu.edu}}</ref>. She has participated in the creation of the ''Global Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) History,'' as an editor<ref name=":2">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>.

Skidmore's academic training has consisted of a historical focus, her B.A, 2004 from [[Macalester College]], and PhD., 2011 from [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign|University of Illinois]], were both in [[History of the United States|history]]<ref name=":0" />. She is currently an associate professor in history at the Texas Tech University<ref name=":0" />.

== Works ==

=== Books: ===
Author, True Sex: The Lives of Trans Men at the Turn of the Twentieth Century ISBN:9781479870639<ref></ref>

Editor, Global Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) History, 1st Edition ISBN:9780684325545 <ref name=":2" />

=== Selected Articles: ===
Skidmore, E. (2011). Constructing the "Good Transsexual": Christine Jorgensen, Whiteness, and Heteronormativity in the Mid-Twentieth-Century Press. ''Feminist Studies,'' ''37''(2), 270-300.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

Skidmore, E (2011). Exceptional queerness: defining the boundaries of normative U.S. citizenship, 1876-1936 (Thesis). University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign''.''<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

=== Online Works: ===
''[https://ift.tt/3aCsPhA Troubling Terms: The Label Problem in Transgender History],'' Notches, November 28, 2017''.''

[https://ift.tt/2OPfJ87 Life as a Trans Man in Turn-of-the-Century America], Literary Hub, September 22, 2017.

=== Speaking: ===
Emily has been featured in podcasts with Marshall Poe in 2019<ref></ref><ref></ref> and Backstory<ref></ref><ref name=":0" />.

=== Awards: ===
2019, President's Faculty Book Award from Texas Tech University<ref></ref>

2018, U.S. History [[PROSE Awards|PROSE Award]] winner for ''True Sex: The Lives of Trans Men at the Turn of the Twentieth Century''<ref name=":1" />.

2018, Outstanding Teaching award from the History Graduate Student Association at Texas Tech University<ref name=":1" />.

2016, Audre Lorde prize winner for her article ''Ralph Kerwineo’s Queer Body: Narrating the Scales of Social Membership in the Early Twentieth Century''<ref> The Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History|url=http://clgbthistory.org/prizes/audre-lorde-prize|access-date=2021-02-22|language=en-US}}</ref>''.''

== See Also ==

=== External links: ===
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