Scholars@Duke
Jocelyn Olcott

Jocelyn Olcott

Professor of History
History
Box 90719, Durham, NC 27708-0719
314 Classroom Bldg, Box 90719, Durham, NC 27708-0719
Office hours Wednesday, 3-5 p.m. or by appointment  

Scholarly Works - Books

The Academic's Handbook, Fourth Edition Revised and Expanded

Book · October 16, 2020 A passionate and compassionate volume, The Academic's Handbook is an essential guide to navigating life in the academy. Contributors. ... Cite

International Women's Year: The Greatest Consciousness-Raising Event in History

Book · July 3, 2017 Amid the geopolitical and social turmoil of the 1970s, the United Nations declared 1975 as International Women's Year. The capstone event, a two-week conference in Mexico City, was dubbed by organizers and journalists as "the greatest consciousness-raising ... Link to item Cite

Revolutionary Women in Postrevolutionary Mexico

Book · 2005 Revolutionary Women in Postrevolutionary Mexico investigates women’s political organizing during a critical stage of regime consolidation. Rebutting the image of Mexican women as conservative and anti-revolutionary, this book shows women activists challeng ... Cite