Email: EvelynDuBon-Atmai@my.unt.edu

Preferred pronouns: She/Her

Masters thesis title: Competing Models of Hegemonic Masculinity in English Civil War Memoirs by Women

Specialty Areas: My areas of interest is in Gender History and Latino History

I have used concepts and theories from other disciplines such as gender studies and literary analysis, and applied them to primary sources. For my Masters I examined the descriptions of Royalist and Parliamentarian masculinity in English Civil War memoirs by women through a close reading of three biographical memoirs written by Margaret Cavendish, duchess of Newcastle; Lady Ann Fanshawe; and Lucy Hutchinson. The analysis of two competing models of Royalist and Parliamentarian masculinities in English Civil War memoirs offered a nuanced view of the social division during the Civil War that supports a social interpretation of the causes of the English Civil War.

One notion that remained out of this work was how individual perceptions of gender can differ so widely within a culture and impact historical events. Often, an individual's perceptions present a stronger case in their decision-making process than facts. For my dissertation, I plan to continue working with literary primary sources to examine the role of gender and how it intersects with race and class in the social divisions of early modern Europe.

Biography:

I began with a career in Entertainment Finance. Spurred on by travels and 4 years living in France, I decided to pursue my interest in history. Most recently, I've been a substitute teacher in various school districts in San Diego, California.