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The Profession and Society, 1958–83

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 October 2020

Carolyn G. Heilbrun
Carolyn G. Heilbrun*
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Columbia University, New York, New York
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Scanning the last twenty-five years in the profession and in society, I wonder: what historian could deal with that time in any comprehensive way? But I wish to speak of those years—in which we witnessed such profound social change—not with the detachment of a historian but rather as a participant who, as a woman, welcomes much that has changed and regrets much that has not. Looking back, I find that the profession has changed less than society has. Academics are a conservative lot—old professors have a tenure more durable than society's institutions, whether for the control of money, or women, or sexuality.

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PMLA , Volume 99 , Issue 3: Centennial Issue , May 1984, pp. 408 - 413
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Copyright © Modern Language Association of America, 1984

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