including the History of Monmouth Mayors

Monmouth College
700 E. Broadway
Monmouth, IL 61462

Contact Information:

Phone: 309-457-2372
Email: stacy@monm.edu
Office: Rm. L-7, Wallace Hall
Academic Web site

Education:

B.A., Theater, University of Texas, 1983
M.A., History, University of Texas, 1986
Ph.D., History, University of Texas, 1992

Courses taught:

World War II
U. S. Women's History
Biography and History
The Vietnam Era
The Trans-Atlantic World
Historical Methods
Introduction to Liberal Arts
United States History 1492-1901
United States History 1750-1901
United States History 1901-Present
History of Illinois
Women, Justice, and Equality

Research Interests:

The Roosevelt Family, History and Biography, Juliette Gordon Low, Mabel Boardman, Helen Taft

Recent Publications:

Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, From White House Princess to Washington Power Broker (Viking, fall 2007)

Theodore Roosevelt: In the Vanguard of the Modern (Wadsworth, 2003)

About Stacy Cordery:

The thing I love most about history is following the trail of documents to see where it leads. I'm an historical biographer by inclination, and I am fascinated by the influence of individuals on events.

I have spent the last decade or so studying the Roosevelt family, which culminated in my recently published biography of Alice Roosevelt Longworth. When I'm not reading Roosevelt letters, I'm teaching about World War II, Women's History, the Vietnam Era, the U.S. in the twentieth century, and assorted interdisciplinary courses--or studying Juliette Gordon Low, the founder of the Girl Scouts, for my next book.