Gail Lee Bernstein

Gail Lee Bernstein (born 1939) is a Professor Emerita of History at the University of Arizona. She specializes in the history of Japanese women, and is considered one of the pioneers in this field. Bernstein retired from full-time teaching in 2007.

Education

Bernstein studied under many of the pioneers of modern Japanese history, including Edwin O. Reischauer and Albert M. Craig.

• B.A. 1959, Barnard College
• M.A. 1961, Radcliffe College
• Ph.D. 1968, Harvard University

Pedigree

Studied under

• Albert M. Craig
• Edwin O. Reischauer

Students

• Yukiko Kawahara
• Linnea Gentry Sheehan

Selected works

• Changing Roles of Women in Rural Japan (1976)
• Haruko's World: A Japanese Farm Woman and Her Community (1985).
• Japanese Marxist: A Portrait of Kawakami Hajime, 1879-1946 (1990).
• Editor, Recreating Japanese Women, 1600-1945 (1991).
• Isami's House: Three Centuries of a Japanese Family (2005).
• Editor, Public Spheres, Private lives in Modern Japan, 1600-1950: Essays in Honor of Albert Craig (2005)