Jean Grossholtz

Thelma Jean Grossholtz (born April 17, 1929)[1] is professor emeritus of politics and women's studies at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts.[2] Beyond her academic work she is also known as an activist for peace[1][3] and against forced prostitution,[4] and as a senior bodybuilder.[4][5]

Academic career

After completing undergraduate work at Pennsylvania State University in 1956, Grossholtz earned a master's degree at the University of Denver in 1957, with a master's thesis on Germany–Spain relations in World War II.[6] Grossholtz went on to earn a Doctor of Philosophy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1961, where she trained as a specialist in South East Asian Politics.[7] At Mount Holyoke, she became a founder of the women's studies program. She retired in 1999.[4]

Other activities

Grossholtz has been arrested as an anti-war protester over dates ranging from 1941 to 2014.[1] She was one of several pacifists from the Pioneer Valley profiled in the 2005 documentary film The Peace Patriots.[3]

Although she was unathletic until her 50s, when she was 65 she won a silver medal in bodybuilding in the 1994 Gay Games.[4][5]

Selected publications

Grossholtz's publications include:

  • Grossholtz, Jean (1964), Politics in the Philippines: A Country Study, Boston, Massachusetts: Little Brown[8]
  • Bourque, Susan C.; Grossholtz, Jean (June 1974), "Politics an unnatural practice: Political science looks at female participation", Politics & Society, 4 (2): 225–266, doi:10.1177/003232927400400205, S2CID 143813325
  • Grossholtz, Jean (1984), Forging Capitalist Patriarchy: The Economic and Social Transformation of Feudal Sri Lanka and Its Impact on Women, Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press[9]

References
  1. "Jean Grossholtz", Women in Peace, retrieved 2020-09-19
  2. Emeriti and retired faculty, Mount Holyoke College, retrieved 2020-09-19
  3. In the Spotlight: Jean Grossholtz Featured in New Documentary, Mount Holyoke College, retrieved 2020-09-19
  4. "Snapshots of other academics who are passing the torch", The Chronicle of Higher Education, 16 July 1999
  5. "Body by Grossholtz", The College Street Journal, Mount Holyoke College, archived from the original on 2007-09-29
  6. WorldCat catalog entry for A study of Spanish-German relations during World War II, Grossholtz's 1957 master's thesis, retrieved 2020-09-19
  7. Saito, Shiro (2019), Philippine Ethnography: A Critically Annotated and Selected Bibliography, East-West Bibliographic Series, Honolulu, Hawaii: University of Hawaii Press, p. 219, ISBN 9780824884123
  8. Reviews of Politics in the Philippines:
    • Onorato, Michael P. (April 1965), "A handbook on Philippine life", Philippine Studies, 13 (2): 401, JSTOR 42720610
    • Geoghegan, Anne Marie (July 1969), "Elements of Philippine politics: Two views", Philippine Studies, 17 (3): 605–616, JSTOR 42631958
  9. Reviews of Forging Capitalist Patriarchy:
    • Lindenbaum, Shirley (Spring 1986), Signs, 11 (3): 566–569, doi:10.1086/494258, JSTOR 3174012CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Morrison, Nancy Waxler (Spring 1986), Pacific Affairs, 59 (1): 150–151, doi:10.2307/2759045, JSTOR 2759045CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Samaraweera, Vijaya (August 1985), The Journal of Asian Studies, 44 (4): 857–858, doi:10.2307/2056490, JSTOR 2056490CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Saunders, E. M. (July 1985), Contemporary Sociology, 14 (4): 485–486, doi:10.2307/2069200, JSTOR 2069200CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Shastri, Amita (January 1986), "Review", Journal of Contemporary Asia, 16 (4): 555–559, ProQuest 1292873567
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