2009 Irene Ledesma Prize

For Ph.D graduate student research in western women’s history. The Coalition for Western Women’s History Deadline for submission: June 1, 2009. The $1,000 prize supports travel to collections or other research expenses related to the histories of women and gender in the American West. Applicants must be enrolled in a Ph.D program and members of the CWWH. The prize honors the memory of Irene Ledesma whose contributions to Chicana and working-class history were ended by her untimely death in 1997. the CWWH will award the prize at the CWWH Breakfast during the 49th Annual Western History Association Conference in Denver, Colorado, October 7-10, 2009. The recepient will be the CWWH’s guest at the breakfast. Proposals will be evaluated according to the following criteria: *How well the applicant stated her/his research question and the significance of the overall project. *How well the applicant demonstrated her/his knowledge of the primary source materials related to the proposal. *How well the applicant framed her/his project in terms of the broader theoretical/historiographic issues significant to the topic. *How well the proposal addressed issues of gender and/or women’s history in the U.S. West. *How well the proposed budget dovetails with the applicant’s stated research agenda. To apply submit three copies of the following: a C.V.; a brief description of the research project and an explanation of how the prize funds would support the research (nor exceeding three pages, double-spaced), a line-item budget, and a letter of support from the student’s major advisor by June 1, 2009 (postmark) to: Maria Raquel Casas Chair, Ledesma Prize Committee University of Nevada, Las Vegas 4505 S. Maryland Parkway Box 455020 Las Vegas, Nevada, 89154-5020 For more information, contact Dr. Casas at maria.casas@unlv.edu

Maria Raquel Casas
Chair, Ledesma Prize Committee
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4505 S. Maryland Parkway
Box 455020
Las Vegas, Nevada, 89154-5020
Email: maria.casas@unlv.edu