Dr. Ruth Fairbanks
Ruth Fairbanks has taught at ISU since the 2010/2011 school year. She completed her docorate in history from the University of Illinois in December 2015. Her dissertation, “A Pregnancy Test: Women Workers and the Hybrid American Welfare State,1940-1993” traces the evolution of American maternity policy for working women, from WWII's Rosie the Riveter to the Family and Medical Leave Act. Dr. Fairbanks is revising this manuscript for publication. At ISU, in addition to teaching in both gender studies and history, Dr. Fairbanks advises students in the Gender Studies Minor and works on campus programming, in particular for Women's Equality Day every August 26th and the ISU Women's History Month Colloquium every March.
2015, Ph. D. in History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1998, Masters in History from the university of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1992, BA in History from Hiram College
History of American Social Policy, History of Motherhood and Reproduction, Women's Labor History, Women's History, Twentieth Century American History,