Award for Nielsen on Southern women’s history

Prof. Kim Nielsen, Social Change and Development, has been awarded the A. Elizabeth Taylor Prize for the best article in the field of southern women’s history published in 2007.  The prize committee notes that Nielsen’s article, “The Southern Ties of Helen Keller,” published in the Journal of Southern History,  “offers a compelling thesis about Helen Keller’s southern identity and demonstrates both careful research and a well-written nuanced style, making a significant contribution to scholarship on Southern women’s history.” Nominations for the prize were solicited from over 40 professional journals and academic presses.