Claire G. Moses, Editorial Director Emerita

Claire has been the Editorial Director of Feminist Studies since 1977. Claire is also Professor and former chaire of Women's Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her research focuses on the history of feminist theory and activism and on the history of French women. Recent publications include U.S. Women in Collective Struggle, ed. with Hartmann (1995); Feminism, Socialism, and French Romanticism, with Rabine (1993); French Feminism in the Nineteenth Century (1984), winner of the Joan Kelly Prize for the year's best book in women's history. Among her many articles are: "Made in America: 'French Feminism' in Academe," Feminist Studies (Summer 1998), Nouvelles Questions Féministes (in translation, 1996).

Claire is among the founders of the worldwide organization of Women's Studies, Feminist Journals Network, and the International Consortium for Women's and Gender Studies. At Feminist Studies Claire's responsibility is to oversee and coordinate all aspects of publishing a journal that is independent of any institution, association, or press. She deeply believes in the feminist ideal of collective work and insists that her work of so many years has been possible only because Feminist Studies models this ideal in the level of shared work engagement and responsibility on the part of all members of its collective in editing and producing the journal. She has taught and/or lectured in China, Australia, Korea, Hungary, and France. Professor Moses earned a Ph.D. (1978) and an M.A. (1972) from George Washington University and an A.B. (1963) from Smith College.