Amy Mittelman’s lived experience as the wife of a college professor is the underpinning for Dames, Dishes, and Degrees. She lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, and has a PhD in history from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Massachusetts.
She won the Ruth A. Smith Writing Award from the University of Massachusetts and is the author of Brewing Battles: A History of American Beer (2007). Amy has also published two articles as well as essays, reviews, and reference works. She’s written over 600 blog posts.
She was a Five College Women’s Studies Research Center Associate for the academic year 2010-2011. In the past, Amy had a business, Academic Publicity, which helped scholarly authors promote their books. She helped at least one author get his book published in paperback.
Amy has been a historian, a mother, a businesswoman, a nurse, and a published author. She has always brought skills, resources, and lessons from previous endeavors to each new one. This is typical for women.
Many women’s lives are not straightforward. Both male and female baby boomers are famous for second acts and continually reinventing themselves. This has always been especially true for women, including Amy. Amy’s experiences make her uniquely qualified to write Dames, Dishes, and Degrees: Faculty Wives in America.