Archives of Maryland
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Elaine Ryan Hedges (1927-1997)
MSA SC 3520-13606

Sources:

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES:

"At Towson State: Elizabeth Janeway to launch series." Baltimore Sun. November 2, 1972. ProQuest
    Historical Newspapers.

"Author will launch women's conference." Baltimore Sun. October 29, 1972. ProQuest Historical
    Newspapers.

Bready, James H. "Regional books through the year past." Baltimore Sun. January 12, 1997. Final
    Edition. Lexis Research System.

"Dr. Hedges to speak." Baltimore Sun. January 16, 1972. ProQuest Historical Newspapers.

"Elaine Ryan Engaged: Fiancee of William L. Hedges - Bothe English Teachers." New York Times.
    June 9, 1956. ProQuest Historical Newspapers.

"Festival of Quilts." Annapolis Capital. February 15, 1980. NewspaperArchive.com.

"Here's to...: Towson State faculty." Baltimore Sun. September 11, 1983. ProQuest Historical
    Newspapers.

"Higher education: Women's studies topic of series conference." Baltimore Sun. January 12, 1973.
    ProQuest Historical Newspapers.

Hilson, Jr., Robert. "Elaine Hedges, 69, English professor, authority on women's history, studies."
    Baltimore Sun. June 12, 1997. Final Edition. Lexis Research System.

"Monocacy Quilters receive charter." Frederick News. April 18, 1979. NewspaperArchive.com.

"Monocacy Quilters to sponsor workshop." Frederick News. March 2, 1979. NewspaperArchive.com.

Rehert, Isaac. "American dream is still a piece of rural peace." Baltimore Sun. April 1, 1980.
    ProQuest Historical Newspapers.

Saxon, Wolfgang. "Elaine Ryan Hedges, 69, Author." New York Times. June 22, 1997. ProQuest
    Historical Newspapers.

Seiden, Matt. "Women's Studies: more than case of 'minor genres.'" Baltimore Sun. January 26, 1983.
    ProQuest Historical Newspapers.

Wise, Gabrielle. "Women in literature: Trying to break out of the image." Baltimore Sun. February 15,
    1973. ProQuest Historical Newspapers.

WEBSITES:

"Elaine Hedges - Co-Founder of the NCCTRW." Towson University.
    http://pages.towson.edu.ncctrw/people/elaine.html (Accessed August 2, 2011).

"Elaine R. Hedges - Social Security Death Index." Ancestry.com.
    http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-
     g&gsfn=Elaine+Ryan&gsln=Hedges&msbdy=1927&msddy=1997&cpxt=0&catBucket=
    rstp&uidh=bi1&_83004003-n_xcl=m&cp=0&mssng0=William+&mssns0=Hedges&pcat=
    ROOT_CATEGORY&h=26634735&recoff=13+14+15&db=ssdi&indiv=1 (Accessed August 2,
    2011).

"Elaine Ryan Hedges - Biography and Genealogy Master Index Ancestry.com.
    http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs
     -g&gsfn=Elaine+Ryan&gsln=Hedges&msbdy=1927&msddy=1997&cpxt=0&catBucket=r
    stp&uidh=bi1&_83004003-n_xcl=m&cp=0&mssng0=William&mssns0=Hedges&pcat=
    ROOT_CATEGORY&h=6917470&recoff=5+6+8&db=bgmi (Accessed August 2, 2011).

"Elaine Ryan Hedges - Biography & Genealogy Master Index." Ancestry.com.
    http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-
     g&gsfn=Elaine+Ryan&gsln=Hedges&msbdy=1927&msddy=1997&cpxt=0&catBucket
    =rstp&uidh=bi1&_83004003-n_xcl=m&cp=0&mssng0=William&mssns0=Hedges&pcat=
    ROOT_CATEGORY&h=6917471&recoff=5+6+7&db=bgmi (Accessed August 2, 2011).

"Elaine Ryan Hedges - Biography & Genealogy Master Index." Ancestry.com.
    http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-
    g&gsfn=Elaine+Ryan&gsln=Hedges&msbdy=1927&msddy=1997&cpxt=0&catBucket=
    rstp&uidh=bi1&_83004003-n_xcl=m&cp=0&mssng0=William&mssns0=Hedges&pcat=
    ROOT_CATEGORY&h=6917472&recoff=5+6+7&db=bgmi (Accessed August 2, 2011).

"Elaine Ryan Hedges Quilting Collection." Brown University.
    http://libary.brown.edu/collatoz/info.php?id=398 (Accessed August 2, 2011).

"Elaine R. Hedges - U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1." Ancestry.com.
    http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-
    g&gsfn=Elaine+Ryan&gsln=Hedges&msbdy=1927&msddy=1997&msrpn__ftp=Maryland
    %2c+USA&msrpn=23&msrpn_PInfo=5-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3244%7c23%
     7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=bi1&_83004003-n_xcl=m&cp
    =0&mssng0=William&mssns0=Hedges&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=9502293&db=
    USpublicrecords3&indiv=1 (Accessed August 2, 2011).

"NCCTRW Staff." Towson University.
    http://pages.towson.edu.ncctrw/aboutus/staff.html (Accessed August 2, 2011).

"NCCTRW: Women in the Curriculum: Directory of Curriculum Transformation Projects
    and Activities in the U.S." Towson University
    http://pages.towson.edu/ncctrw/publications/commun1.html (Accessed August 2, 2011).

"Publications: Getting Started: Planning Curriculum Transformation." Towson
    University. http://pages.towson.edu/ncctrw/publications/elainehedges.html (Accessed
    Agusust 2, 2011).

"What is Women Studies?" Towson University. http://www.towson.edu/womensstudies
    /Pdf/Intern%20Booklet-revised%203-04.pdf (Accessed August 2, 2011).

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

Berggren, Paula S. "Reviews." American Literature 68, No. 1 (March 1996): 276-277.
    EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier.

Bucher, Christine. "REVIEWS." MELUS 23, No. 4 (Winter 1998): 193-195.
    EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier.

Goodier-Kalaf, Susan. "Book Review." Journal of American Folklore. 112, No.
    444 (Spring 1999): 230-231. JSTOR.

Hedges, Elaine. "Book Reviews." SIGNS: Journal of Women in Culture & Society (Winter
    1994): 507-511. EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier.

"Repositionings: Multiculturalism, American Literary History, and the Curriculum." American
    Literature 66, No. 4 (December 1994):  769-770. EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier.

OTHER SOURCES:

Stegman, Carolyn B. "Elaine Ryan Hedges." In Women of Achievement in Maryland History,
    107. Anaconda Press, Incorporated, 2002.
 

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