Curriculum Vitae
CURRICULUM VITAE
Sally Roesch Wagner
P.O. Box 442
Fayetteville, NY 13066
315-727-8816
Executive Director, The Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation, Inc. (2000-present)
director@matildajoslyngage.org
http://www.sallyroeschwagner.com
http://www.nyhistory.com/sallyroeschwagner/
ACADEMIC TRAINING
Ph.D., History of Consciousness (Women’s Studies). University of California, Santa Cruz. 1978. Dissertation: “That Word is Liberty: a Biography of Matilda Joslyn Gage.”
B.A. and M.A., Psychology. California State University, Sacramento. 1969 and 1974.
ACADEMIC RECORD
Syracuse University. Adjunct Faculty, Honors and Women’s Studies. 1999-present.
Jeanne K. Watson Women’s Studies Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities, Syracuse University. Winter/Spring 1997.
University of California, Davis. Research Affiliate, Women’s Resources and Research Center. Spring 1986-1999.
Distinguished Visiting Professor, State University of New York at Plattsburg. Winter 1991.
Nebraska Legislative Academy for Youth Leadership. Faculty. August 1990 and 1991.
California State University, San Francisco and University of California, Davis. Lecturer, History and Women’s Studies. 1987-1988.
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for College Teachers. Recipient. 1986.
Chair, Women’s Studies Department. Mankato (MN) State University. 1984-1985.
Assistant and Associate Professor. 1983-1984.
Lecturer, Women’s Studies, History, Sociology and Psychology. California State University, Sacramento. 1970-1976, 1978-1982.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2005-2009 sampling
See also Speaker in the Humanities for the New York Humanities Council (below)
KEY EVENTS 2009
February 24
Medart Lecture series. Maryville University, St. Louis, MO.
March 12
“Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass: Equality Beyond Race and Gender.”
With Fred Morsell. Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA.
May 1
“How to Reinvigorate Historic House Museums.” Panel member, Historic House Museum Professional Interest Committee Luncheon, American Association of Museums annual conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Oct 16-18
“Across Differences: The Real Value of Diversity.” Panel member, Bioneers 20th anniversary conference, San Rafael, CA.
KEY EVENTS 2008
January 30
“The Mother of Oz.” Wednesday Morning Club, Rome, NY.
January 31
“Women 4 Women.” Keynote luncheon speaker, Annual Legislative Day, Pierre, SD.
March 1
“The Iroquois Influence on Early Feminists.” Keynote address, Women’s Leadership Conference “Herstory! 2008,” Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
March 8
“Rescuing Matilda from the Outtakes of History.” Keynote address, Gathering of Women Conference, Journey Museum, Rapid City, SD.
March 13
Quantum Leaps with Beth Wilson. Women’s Network radio interview.
April 2
“A Woman for President?” Keynote address, 22nd annual Women’s History Month luncheon, University of Texas at Arlington.
April 17
Out of Bounds with Tish Pearlman. Radio interview, WEOS Geneva, NY & Ithaca, NY.
April 21
“A Woman for President?” Jamestown Community College, Jamestown, NY. (See also NYCH Speakers in the Humanities Program below.)
April 24
“Ancient Wisdom for Open Minds: Envisioning a New Future.” Quantum Leaps with Beth Wilson, Women’s Network radio.
June 21
“Envisioning Racial and Gender Equality and Inclusion in Women’s Studies Research and Programs: A Continuing Conversation.” Panel presentation, National Women’s Studies Association Annual Conference, Cincinnati, OH.
September 20
Facilitator, “Gender Equity in Science,” workshop sponsored by Dallas Women’s Foundation and Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX.
September 21
“Sarah and Hillary and Susan B. and Matilda: Revisiting Our History to Renew Our Democracy.” Keynote address, National Network for Educational Renewal Annual Conference, sponsored by the College of Education, University of Texas at Arlington.
September 25
“Changing the World by Growing Who We Are and Knowing What We Need.” Keynote address, South Dakota Women’s Summit, Sioux Falls, SD.
October 23
“Feminist History Making.” Panel member, Feminist Rhetorics for Social Justice conference, Syracuse University.
October 24
“Historical Analysis of Violence Against Women.” White Buffalo Calf Woman Society, Rosebud Sioux Reservation, South Dakota.
KEY EVENTS 2007
March 15
“The Influence of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) On Women’s Rights.” Lectures at El Dorado Center and Folsom Lake College, Folsom, CA.
March 27
“Two Women Speak: A Discussion between Traditional Native Knowledge and Academic Knowledge.” With Freida Jacques, Turtle Clan, Onondaga Nation. SUNY Courtland.
June 3
“New York’s Missing Link: The Sullivan-Clinton Campaign, Then and Now” with Dr. Robert Spiegelman. Iroquois Museum, Howes Cave, NY. (See also NYCH Speakers in the Humanities below.)
October 14-15
“Elizabeth Cady Stanton Speaks on Religion and Women’s Aspirations.” Memorial Lecture, Visiting Scholar Residency, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, WI.
November 15
“How Women Are ‘Erased’ from History—and Overcoming This.” Theological Opportunities Program, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA.
KEY EVENTS 2006
March 2
“Sisters in Spirit: The Iroquois Influence on Early American Feminists.” Eastern Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN.
March 10-12
Scholar-in-Residence, Women’s Studies Program, University of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff.
March 31
“Was Matilda Joslyn Gage a Malcontent or Did Susan B. Destroy the Movement?” Women’s History Conference Paper, “Susan B. Anthony and the Struggle for Equal Rights” Conference, University of Rochester, NY.
September 28
“The Female Influence on the Oz Books.” Interviewed with Gregory MacGuire, author of “Wicked.” The Woman’s Hour hosted by Jenny Murray, BBC Radio.
September 29-30
Jessie Benton Fremont scholar, Two Rivers Chautauqua, Colorado Humanities Council, Grand Junction, CO.
October 21
“Oz, Peace, Feminism and War.” Feminism and War Conference, Syracuse University Women’s Studies, Syracuse, NY.
November 17
“Celebrating Sisterhood: Women’s Role in Tribal Culture” with Lakota authors Allison Hedge Coke and Susan Power. Oglala Lakota College, Pine Ridge Reservation, SD.
KEY EVENTS 2005
March 10
“Sisters in Spirit: The Iroquois Influence on Early American Feminists.” University of Arizona, Tucson.
June 2-5
“The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Influence on the Early Woman’s Rights Movement.” Panel participant, “Beyond the Stanton-Anthony Paradigm: Decentering the Nineteenth Century Woman’s Rights Movement.” 13th Berkshire Conference on the History of Women. Scripps College, Claremont, CA.
July 29
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass. Performance with Charles Pace. Rancho San Rafael Regional Park, Great Basin Chautauqua, Reno, NV.
August 26
“Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass: Beyond Race and Gender in the Struggle for Equality.” With Fred Morsell. “Women Win the Vote: 85 Years and Beyond,” National Women’s History Project. Constitution Center, Philadelphia, PA.
August 28
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass. Performance with Fred Morsell. Paulsdale, National Historic Landmark birthplace of suffragist leader Alice Paul, Mt. Laurel, NJ.
November 3
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Performance. American Association of School Administrators, Women Administrator Conference. National Press Club, Washington, DC.
November 19-22
Paper, “The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Influence on Early American Feminists,” and panel member, “The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) and U.S. Culture.” American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
EVENTS
As Speaker in the Humanities for the New York Humanities Council
“The Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Influence on Women’s Rights”
2009
January 13 Greece Town Hall, Rochester, NY.
March 8 Onondaga Historical Association, Syracuse, NY.
April 12 Woodstock Museum, Saugerties, NY.
April 23 Niagara County Historical Society, Lockport, NY.
May 7 Rockwell Museum of Western Art, Rockwell, NY.
August 20 Fort William Henry Museum, Lake George, NY.
2008
April 18 SUNY (State University of New York), Potsdam, NY.
April 21 Jamestown Community College, Jamestown, NY. (See also Key Events 2008)
May 8 SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology, Cobleskill, NY.
May 15 Niagara County Historical Society, Lockport, NY.
August 24 With Dr. Robert Spiegelman, Iroquois Museum, Howes Cave, NY.
(See also Key Events 2008)
2007
March 6 AAUW, Bath (NY) Branch.
June 3 With Dr. Robert Spiegelman, Iroquois Museum, Howes Cave, NY.
(See also Key Events 2007)
“Matilda Joslyn Gage”
2009
February 26 Cazenovia (NY) Public Library
April 15 Cayuga Community College, Cayuga, NY
April 21 David A. Howe Public Library, Wellsville, NY. (See also Key Events 2009)
2008
November 10 Phelps Mansion Museum, Binghamton, NY.
2005
April 26 North Country Community College, Saranac Lake, NY.
April 28 Madison County Event, Madison County Office Complex, Wampsville, NY.
September 11 Howland Stone Store Museum, Sherwood, NY.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites. Board member, 2003-2007.
Syracuse Peace Council Advisory Board, 2005-2009.
DISSERTATION COMMITTEES
Eglute Johnson, Religious Studies, Syracuse University. 2005-2008.
Melinda Grube, Union College. 2005-2007.
Susan Goodier-Kalif, SUNY Albany. 2004-2007.
PROJECT DIRECTOR or CONSULTANT
(sampling)
“Rediscovering Dorothy,” Great Plains Production documentary on Matilda Joslyn Gage. Co-producer, 2004-present.
“Seneca Falls,” a film by Louise Vance. Academic Advisor, 1998-present.
“Sisters in Spirit: Celebrating the Iroquois Women’s Influence on the Early Woman’s Rights Movement” and “She Who Holds the Sky: Matilda Joslyn Gage.” Exhibits curator. Women’s Rights National Historical Park and the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Foundation, Seneca Falls, NY. Summer 1998.
“Lakota Women: Keepers of the Nation.” Project Director with Tillie Black Bear. Curricula poster series for Office of Equal Education Opportunity, South Dakota Department of Education and Cultural Affairs. 1990–1998.
“The Haudenosaunee: Past, Present and Future.” Special Reviewer. Social Sciences Resource Guide for Grades K-12. New York State Education Department, 1991.
National Women’s History Project. Windsor CA, 1986-1989.
FILM, TV and RADIO INTERVIEWS
“Seneca Falls,” a film by Louise Vance. Academic Advisor and Interviewee. 2006.
“The Female Influence on the Oz Books.” Interviewed with Gregory MacGuire. The Woman’s Hour hosted by Jenny Murray. BBC Radio September 28, 2006.
“Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony,” Florentine Films, Ken Burns and Paul Barnes, Producers. PBS, November 7-8, 1999.
“Elizabeth Cady Stanton Symposium,” panel of historians interviewed for Florentine Films’ Stanton-Anthony film, Seneca Falls, NY, July 17, 1998. CSPAN-2, Aug 12-14, 1998.
“A Declaration of Sentiment: The History of the American Women’s Rights Movement.” Film. Mythic Pictures Limited, Toronto, Ontario. 1999.
“Celebrate ’98.” Film. Yesterday’s News, Rockport, MA. 1999.
“Seneca Reflections: Celebrating 150 Years of Women’s Rights.” Film. 1998.
“Democracy Now.” Public Radio, July 16 and 20, 1998.
“150 Sesquicentennial Special.” Wisconsin Public TV, 1998.
“One Woman, One Vote.” Film. PBS Special, Educational Film Center, 1995.
“Seeds of Faith.” BBC Radio, December 1995.
“Morning Edition.” NPR, August 1995 and December 1990.
“The Shirley Show.” CTV, Canada. November 1990.
HONORS
Citizen of the Year for History. Fayetteville (NY) Chamber of Commerce, 2006.
The Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for 2002-2003 for Young Adults. South Dakota Reading Council, 2003.
Unsung Heroine Award. Central New York National Organization for Women, 1999.
Humanist Heroine of the Year. American Humanist Association, 1992.
Women of Achievement Award. South Dakota General Federation of Women’s Clubs, 1990.
Citation for work in Women’s History. California Legislature, 1989.
PUBLICATIONS
Feminism, Native American Influences. Encyclopedia of American Indian History, Vol. II. Bruce E. Johansen and Barry M. Pritzker, Editors. Santa Barbara, Denver and Oxford: ABC: CLIO, 2008, pp. 383-387.
Matilda Joslyn Gage. The New Encyclopedia of Unbelief. Tom Flynn, Editor. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2007, pp. 351-352.
Haudenosaunee Women Inspire. Peace Newsletter. Syracuse NY Peace Council newsletter, March 2006, p. 751.
As Cady Did. Book Review. Ms. Magazine, Fall 2005, p. 75.
Coming of Age on Pickerel Lake. South Dakota Magazine, July/August 2005, pp. 59-61.
The Indigenous Roots of United States Feminism. In Feminist Politics, Activism and Vision: Local and Global Challenge. Luciana Ricciutelli, Angela Miles and Margaret H. McFadden, Editors. London and New York: Zed Books Ltd., 2004.
The Wonderful Mother of Oz. Baum Bugle 47, Winter 2003, pp.7-13.
American Women. YES! A Journal of Positive Futures, Spring 2002.
“Forgotten Champion of Liberty: Matilda Joslyn Gage (19th Century Suffrage Leader),” Free Inquiry 20:4, Fall 2002.
Woman, Church and State. Introduction to reprint of Matilda Joslyn Gage’s 1893 classic. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2001.
Sisters in Spirit: The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Influence on Woman’s Rights. Summertown, TN: Native Voices Press, 2001.
“New Women’s History Videos.” National Women’s Studies Association Journal. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, Summer 2000.
“Campaign to Save Gage Birthplace,” Newsletter of the Feminist Caucus of the American Humanist Association, Spring 2000.
“The Iroquois Influence on Women’s Rights” and Interview with Sally Roesch Wagner Awakened Woman E-Magazine, Winter solstice 1999.
http://www.goddessaltar.com/interview_wagner.htm
Faculty Guide to accompany “Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony,” a film by Ken Burns and Paul Barnes. Public Broadcasting System, 1999.
Past Essays:
“Great Minds: Matilda Joslyn Gage,” Free Inquiry, Fall, 2000.
“Coming Home to my Heartland.” In Women Who Don’t Sell Out, edited by Lenora Fulani. NY: Castillo International, 1996.
“The Iroquois Influence on Women’s Rights.” In Gone to Croatan, edited by Ron Sakolsky & James Koehnline. Brooklyn/Edinburgh: Autonomedia/AK Press, 1993.
“Matilda Joslyn Gage,” In Women Public Speakers in the United States, 1800-1925, edited by Karlyn Kohrs Campbell. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993.
“The Iroquois Influence on Women’s Rights.” In Indian Roots of American Democracy, edited by Jose Barreiro. Ithaca, NY: Akwe:Kon Press, Cornell University, 1992.
“Suffragists Protest the Constitution: September 17, 1887.” In New York and the Union, edited by Stephen L. Schechter and Richard B. Bernstein. Albany: New York State Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, 1990.
“The Iroquois Confederacy—a Native American Model for Non-sexist Men” and “The Root of Oppression is the Loss of Memory: The Iroquois and the Earliest Feminist Vision.” In Iroquois Women: an Anthology, edited by W.G. Spitall. Ontario, Canada: Iroquois Reprints, 1990.
“The History of Woman Suffrage,” “Declaration of Rights of Women: 1876,” “Minor v. Happersett” and “Matilda Joslyn Gage.” In Handbook of American Women’s History, edited by Angela Howard Zophy. New York: Garland Publishing, 1989.
“Animal Liberation.” In With a Fly’s Eye, Whale’s Wit and Woman’s Heart, edited by Stephanie T. Hoppe and Theresa Corrigan. San Francisco, CA: Cleis Press, 1989.
“I Understand Ronald Reagan Because I Understand my Father.” In Rebirth of Power, edited by Pamela Portwood, Michele Gorcey and Peggy Sanders. Racine, WI: Mother Courage Press, 1987.
Biographical Introduction to reprint of Woman, Church and State by Matilda Joslyn Gage. Watertown, MA: Persephone Press, 1980.
Past Articles:
“Iroquois Women Inspire 19th Century Feminists.” National NOW Times. Summer 1999.
“Waltzing Home to Matilda.” Women’s History Network News. July 1999.
“A Woman’s Run for President.” On The Issues. Fall 1996.
“Is Equality Indigenous? The Untold Iroquois Influence on Early Radical Feminists.” On The Issues. Winter 1996.
“Meet the Lakota: The People/Oyata Kin.” Book review in Multicultural Education. Summer 1994.
“The Iroquois Influence on the Early Woman’s Rights Movement.” Northeast Indian Quarterly (Akwe:kon Journal). Spring 1992.
“Four Faces Perch on Stolen Land.” Sioux Falls Argus Leader. 17 February 1992.
“Democracy Turned to Stone?” Rapid City Journal. 8 February 1992.
“Beyond Rushmore, Borglum Had a Vision for the Sioux.” Rapid City Journal. 10 August 1991.
“A Historian’s Search for What Went Wrong.” A Lakota Times Supplement: Wounded Knee Remembered 1890-1990. December 1990.
“Deep Regret is Not Appropriate for Wounded Knee.” The Lakota (SD) Times. 4 December 1990.
“The Pioneer Daughters Collection of the South Dakota Federation of Women’s Clubs.” South Dakota History 19. (Spring 1989): 95-109.
“The Root of Oppression is the Loss of Memory: The Iroquois and the Early Feminist Vision.” Akwesasne Notes 21. (Winter 1989): 11-13.
History Editor, Changing Men, quarterly articles 1983-1993, including “The Iroquois Confederacy: A Native American Model for Non-sexist Men” (Spring/Summer 1989); “Moses Harman: Champion of Reproductive Rights” (Summer/Fall 1987); “Martin R. Delaney: Black Nationalist and Woman’s Rights Activist” (Winter 1986).
“Global Grandmother: an Interview with Barbara Wiedner.” Woman of Power 10 (Summer 1988).
“Suffragists Protest the Constitution.” New York Notes. New York State Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, 1988.
“Suffragists at the Centennial.” Sacramento (CA) Bee. 17 September 1987.
“Feminists Will Reenact Suffragists’ Struggles.” The Hartford (CT) Courant.
6 September1987.
“What Was the Connection Between the Nineteenth-Century Black Rights Movement and the Women’s Rights Movement: Finding the Right Question.” Elizabeth Cady Stanton Foundation Newsletter 8 (Spring 1987).
“Trick or Treat is Mother’s Work.” With Lynn Cooper. National Women’s Studies Association Perspectives 4 (Summer 1986).
“Oral History as a Biographical Tool.” Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, Vol. 2, No. 2, Women’s Oral History (Summer, 1977), pp. 87-92
