Edith B. Gelles

Edith Belle Gelles is an American author and historian. She grew up in Lake Placid, New York, and attended Cornell University, Yale University, and the University of California, Irvine. She is currently a Senior Scholar at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University where she has been a faculty member since 1983. Her scholarship is primarily in the area of early American history, concentrating on biography and women. She is known for her scholarship and writing about Abigail Adams and her husband John.

Publications

Books

Portia: The World of Abigail Adams Indiana University Press.
The Letters of Abigaill Levy Franks, 1733–1748: Letters of Abigaill Levy Franks 1733–1748 Yale University Press.
Abigail and John: Portrait of a Marriage William Morrow.
Abigail Adams: Letters.. Library of America.
Abigail Adams: A Writing Life. Routledge.
Gale Researcher Guide for John and Abigail Adams and the Revolution in Marriage Gale Publishing.

Journal articles

.. The New England Quarterly, 52, 500–521.
.. American Quarterly, 39, 252–269.
.. The William and Mary Quarterly, 45, 656–683.
.. Journal of Social History, 22, 667–683.
.. Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 108, 35–71.
.. Early American Studies, 4, 1–15.