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Weiss, Jane Alison

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1943 - 1981

Biography

Jane Alison Weiss was born on October 19, 1943 in Baltimore, Maryland, to Thomas W. and Doris Pope Weiss. She received her B.A. in journalism from Pennsylvania State University and her M.A. and Ph.D. in sociology from Stanford University. Weiss was an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies at the University of Iowa from 1978 to 1981. She was killed in an automobile accident on June 5, 1981 at the age of thirty-seven.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Jane Alison Weiss papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0129
Abstract

Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Iowa, 1978-1981.

Dates: 1967-1981

University of Iowa Celebration of Excellence and Achievement Among Women records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0690
Abstract

Annual gathering begun in 1982. By 2007 seven awards were given each year.



Arrangement

Audiovisual materials: 25th anniversary retrospective, 2006 [shelved in digital collection: d0041] Celebration of Excellence Power Point presentation: past scholarship recipients, 2007 [shelved in digital collection: d0045] Women's Achievement Awards Ceremony, 1996 [shelved in videocassette collection: V322] Celebration of Excellence and Achievement Among Women, 1995 [shelved in videocassette collection: V323]

Dates: 1981-2008

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