Susan L. Mann | |
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| Born | Susan Louise Mann 1943 (age 80–81) United States |
| Language | English |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan Stanford University |
| Subject | History of China |
| Notable awards | Joseph Levenson Book Prize John K. Fairbank Prize |
| Spouse | G. William Skinner |
Susan Louise Mann (born 1943) is an American historian of China best known for her work on the Qing dynasty and the role of women and gender in Chinese history. She was professor of history at University of California, Davis from 1989 until her retirement in 2010.[1]
Her 1997 book Precious Records: Women in China's Long Eighteenth Century won the Joseph Levenson Book Prize in the field of pre-20th century China and the American Historical Association awarded the Fairbank Prize for the best book in East Asian history to The Talented Women of the Zhang Family (2007). In making their award, the Historical Association said both books were "path-breaking interventions", praising the former for recognizing the important influence of elite Chinese women and the latter for exploring the significance of same-sex social environments for both genders in elite Chinese society, adding that both "brilliantly demonstrated how placing women and gender at the center of the inquiry changes our overall view of Chinese history."[2]
She was president of the Association for Asian Studies (2000) and has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2013.[3]