Suzanne Lebsock


Suzanne Lebsock is an American author and historian. Her works include her first book The Free Women of Petersburg: Status and Culture in a [Southern Town, 1784-1860] which was published in 1984 and won the Bancroft Prize, and A Murder in Virginia: [Southern Justice on Trial]. She has won the Francis Parkman Prize for her writing, and as of 2010 is a Board of Governors Professor of History at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. She specializes in women's history.
Lebsock has held fellowships from the John [Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation|John Simon Guggenheim Memorial] and MacArthur foundations.

Personal life

Lebsock was formerly married to Richard Levis McCormick, a former president of Rutgers University. They have two children, Betsy and Michael.

Published works

A Murder in Virginia: Southern Justice on TrialVisible Women: New Essays on American Activism The Free Women of Petersburg: Status and Culture in a Southern Town, 1784–1860A Share of Honor: Virginia Women, 1600-1945.
  • ''Woman Suffrage and White Supremacy: A Virginia Case Study''