William L. O'Neill

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Born
William Lawrence O'Neill

(1935-04-18)April 18, 1935
Big Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
DiedMarch 29, 2016(2016-03-29) (aged 80)
New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Michigan (BA) University of California, Berkeley (PhD)
OccupationHistorian
Spouse(s)E. Carol Knollmueller (m. 1960)

William L. O'Neill (April 18, 1935 - March 29, 2016) was an American social and political historian, noted for his examination of political radicals.

Life

William Lawrence O’Neill was born in Big Rapids, Michigan, a small city north of Grand Rapids, on April 18, 1935. His father, John, was an oil wildcatter. His mother, the former Helen (née Marsh), was a teacher.[1]

Publications

  • Everyone Was Brave: a History of Feminism in America (1969)
  • Coming Apart: An Informal History of America in the 1960's (1971)
  • The Last Romantic: A Life of Max Eastman (1978)
  • A Better World: Stalinism and the American Intellectuals (1982)
  • Feminism in America: a History (1969)
  • American High: The Years of Confidence, 1945-1960 (1986)
  • A Democracy at War: America's Fight at Home and Abroad in World War II (1993)
  • World War II: A Student Companion (1999)
  • A Bubble in Time: America during the Interwar Years, 1989-2001 (2009)

References

  1. Roberts, Sam (April 8, 2016). "William L. O'Neill, a Historian Who Wrote About Radicals, Dies at 80". The New York Times.

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