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Joan Wallach Scott

1941 - Today

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Joan Wallach Scott (born December 18, 1941) is an American historian of France with contributions in gender history. She is a professor emerita in the School of Social Science in the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Scott is known for her work in feminist history and gender theory, engaging post-structural theory on these topics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joan Wallach Scott has received more than 401,092 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Joan Wallach Scott is the 307th most popular historian (down from 283rd in 2019), the 4,741st most popular biography from United States (up from 4,919th in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Joan Wallach Scott ranks 307 out of 561. Before her are Lyubomir Miletich, Wilhelm von Bode, William H. McNeill, Léon Poliakov, Hermann Conring, and Marsyas of Pella. After her are A. J. P. Taylor, Gerda Lerner, André Clot, Edwin O. Reischauer, Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius, and Joseph-François Michaud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Joan Wallach Scott ranks 296. Before her are Sara Nazarbayeva, Arie den Hartog, Renato Corsetti, Peter Brötzmann, Holger Meins, and John Bennett Perry. After her are Alexander Ragulin, Michael Moriarty, Ibrahim Babangida, Patience Dabany, Josep Maria Mauri, and Gorden Kaye.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joan Wallach Scott ranks 4,741 out of 20,380. Before her are George Seaton (1911), Kenneth Nichols (1907), John Bennett Perry (1941), Ward Bond (1903), Carrie Snodgress (1945), and Gary Gygax (1938). After her are Frances Cleveland (1864), Susanna M. Salter (1860), RuPaul (1960), Harry Hammond Hess (1906), Daron Malakian (1975), and Jerry Schatzberg (1927).

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, Joan Wallach Scott ranks 11. Before her are Natalie Zemon Davis (1928), Hayden White (1928), Barbara W. Tuchman (1912), Howard Zinn (1922), Frederick Jackson Turner (1861), and Linda Nochlin (1931). After her are Deborah Lipstadt (1947), Donald Keene (1922), Stephen E. Ambrose (1936), Timothy D. Snyder (1969), John King Fairbank (1907), and Ernest Fenollosa (1853).

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