Jean Grossholtz

Thelma Jean Grossholtz (April 17, 1929 – February 9, 2021)[1][2] was an American professor of politics and women's studies at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts.[3] Beyond her academic work she was also known as an activist for peace[1][4] and against forced prostitution,[5] and as a senior bodybuilder.[5][6]

Academic career

After completing undergraduate work at Pennsylvania State University in 1956, Grossholtz earned a master's degree at the University of Denver in 1957, with a master's thesis on Germany–Spain relations in World War II.[7] Grossholtz went on to earn a Doctor of Philosophy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1961, where she trained as a specialist in South East Asian Politics.[8] At Mount Holyoke, she became a founder of the women's studies program. She retired in 1999.[5]

Other activities

Grossholtz was arrested as an anti-war protester over dates ranging from 1941 to 2014.[1] She was one of several pacifists from the Pioneer Valley profiled in the 2005 documentary film The Peace Patriots.[4]

Although she was unathletic until her 50s, when she was 65 she won a silver medal in bodybuilding in the 1994 Gay Games .[5][6] Grossholtz died February 9, 2021.[2]

Selected publications

Grossholtz's publications include:

  • Grossholtz, Jean (1964), Politics in the Philippines: A Country Study, Boston, Massachusetts: Little Brown[9]
  • Bourque, Susan C.; Grossholtz, Jean (June 1974), "Politics an unnatural practice: Political science looks at female participation", Politics & Society, 4 (2): 225–266, doi:10.1177/003232927400400205, S2CID 143813325
  • Grossholtz, Jean (1984), Forging Capitalist Patriarchy: The Economic and Social Transformation of Feudal Sri Lanka and Its Impact on Women, Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Jean Grossholtz", Women in Peace, retrieved 2020-09-19
  2. ^ a b "Jean Grossholtz", Greenfield Recorder, 17 February 2021, retrieved 2021-02-18 – via Legacy.com
  3. ^ Emeriti and retired faculty, Mount Holyoke College, 8 March 2017, retrieved 2020-09-19
  4. ^ a b In the Spotlight: Jean Grossholtz Featured in New Documentary, Mount Holyoke College, retrieved 2020-09-19
  5. ^ a b c d "Snapshots of other academics who are passing the torch", The Chronicle of Higher Education, 16 July 1999
  6. ^ a b "Body by Grossholtz", The College Street Journal, Mount Holyoke College, archived from the original on 2007-09-29
  7. ^ WorldCat catalog entry for A study of Spanish-German relations during World War II, Grossholtz's 1957 master's thesis, retrieved 2020-09-19
  8. ^ Saito, Shiro (2019), Philippine Ethnography: A Critically Annotated and Selected Bibliography, East-West Bibliographic Series, Honolulu, Hawaii: University of Hawaii Press, p. 219, ISBN 9780824884123
  9. ^ Reviews of Politics in the Philippines:
    • Onorato, Michael P. (April 1965), "A handbook on Philippine life", Philippine Studies, 13 (2): 401, JSTOR 42720610
    • Geoghegan, Anne Marie (July 1969), "Elements of Philippine politics: Two views", Philippine Studies, 17 (3): 605–616, JSTOR 42631958
  10. ^ Reviews of Forging Capitalist Patriarchy: