Rachel Hope Cleves
| Rachel Hope Cleves | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1975 (age 40–41) New York City |
| Occupation | historian |
| Nationality | American-Canadian |
| Period | 2010s-present |
| Notable works | Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America |
Rachel Hope Cleves (born 1975) is an American-Canadian historian, best known for her 2014 book Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America.[1] The book, a study of historical documents concerning the same-sex relationship of Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake in the 19th century, was a shortlisted Lambda Literary Award nominee for LGBT Studies at the 27th Lambda Literary Awards.[2]
Born in New York City in 1975, Cleves studied at Columbia University and the University of California, Berkeley, and has been a professor at the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia since 2009.[3] She is a specialist in early American history, with research areas including gender and sexuality, the American relationship with the French Revolution, and the War of 1812.[4]
She has also published the book The Reign of Terror in America: Visions of Violence from Anti-Jacobinism to Antislavery (2009), as well as articles in journals such as Early American Studies, Reviews in American History and the Journal of American History.
References
- ↑ "The improbable, 200-year-old story of one of America’s first same-sex ‘marriages’". Washington Post, March 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Seventeen Canadian authors nominated for Lambda Literary Awards". Quill & Quire, March 4, 2015.
- ↑ "A surprising history of same-sex nuptials". Victoria Times-Colonist, April 26, 2015.
- ↑ "Our interpretation of history is clouded by the fog of war". Victoria Times-Colonist, February 19, 2012.