Mccarthy, Tara
Biography
Dr. McCarthy’s main research interests are American women, social reform movements, and immigration. She spent one year as a post-doctoral teaching fellow in the writing program at the University of Rochester, and one year as a Visiting Professor of History at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY, before joining the faculty at CMU.
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Publications & Presentations
Respectability and Reform: Irish American Women’s Activism, 1880-1920. Syracuse University Press, 2018.
Education
- B.S. Education, University of Maine, 1994
- M.A. History, Syracuse University, 1997
- Ph.D. in History at the University of Rochester, 2005
Research Interests
Dr. McCarthy’s areas of specialization include American women, social reform movements, and immigration. Her current project traces the political activities of Irish-American women in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, focusing on Irish nationalism, ethnic organizations, suffrage, and the labor movement.
Courses Taught
- Women in America
- The Struggle for Equality: The United States From 1865
- Research Seminar (20th Century America)
- The Craft of History