Beverly Gage

Beverly Gage
Beverly Gage
	Gage speaking at the Naval War College in 2019

Beverly Gage is an American academic who is a professor of history and American studies at Yale University. She was the director of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy at Yale. She won a Pulitzer Prize for her 2022 book G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century, and also wrote The Day Wall Street Exploded: A Story of America in Its First Age of Terror in 2009.^[1]^[2] In 2021, Gage was nominated to the National Council on the Humanities, and she was formerly a National Fellow for the Jefferson Scholars Foundation.^[3]

Education and career

Gage attended Yale as an undergraduate, graduating in 1994 with a degree in American studies, then earned her PhD in history at Columbia University in 2004.^[4]

In September 2021, she announced that she would resign as director of the Grand Strategy program, effective December 2021, citing concerns about academic freedom and a "board of visitors" that was formed to oversee her work.^[5] In an interview with The New York Times, she stated, "It’s very difficult to teach effectively or creatively in a situation where you are being second-guessed and undermined and not protected." On October 1, 2021, the Yale history department issued a statement in support of her.^[6]

Her 2022 biography of

Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American History.^[8] It was a finalist for the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography.^[9]

References

^
Reviews for The Day Wall Street Exploded:
- Remes, Jacob A.C. (July 2013). "The Day Wall Street exploded: a story of America in its first age of terror". S2CID 153941774. Archived
  from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

^ Bird, Kai (November 9, 2022). "A biography that may change your mind about J. Edgar Hoover". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 25, 2022.

^ Gonzalez, Susan (April 30, 2021). "Historian Beverly Gage nominated to National Council on the Humanities". YaleNews. Archived from the original on September 30, 2021. Retrieved September 1, 2021.

^ "Beverly Gage". Department of History. Yale University. Archived from the original on February 24, 2013. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

ISSN 0362-4331. Archived
from the original on November 5, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

^ "Statement from the Department of History". history.yale.edu. Archived from the original on October 7, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

ISSN 0362-4331
.

ISSN 0362-4331
.

^ Varno, David (February 1, 2023). "NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE ANNOUNCES FINALISTS FOR PUBLISHING YEAR 2022". National Book Critics Circle. Retrieved February 3, 2023.

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Appearances on C-SPAN

"How to Ensure This Never Happens Again - The election and its aftermath have revealed weaknesses in our democracy. Here’s how we can fix some of them." - The New York Times, January 8, 2021, by Beverly Gage and Emily Bazelon

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[1] Reviews for The Day Wall Street Exploded:
Remes, Jacob A.C. (July 2013). "The Day Wall Street exploded: a story of America in its first age of terror". S2CID 153941774. Archived
from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

Tsesis, Alexander (February 2011). "Beverly Gage, The Day Wall Street Exploded: A Story of America in Its First Age of Terror". Law and History Review. 29 (1): 319–320.
S2CID 147297019. Archived
from the original on September 30, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

Jensen, Richard Bach (January 2011). "Capitalists, Cronies, and their Nemesis - Beverly Gage. The Day Wall Street Exploded. The Story Of America In Its First Age Of Terrorism". The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. 10 (1): 125–127.
S2CID 162938942. Archived
from the original on September 30, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

Soffer, Jonathan M. (2010). "The Day Wall Street Exploded: A Story of America in Its First Age of Terror". Business History Review. 84 (2): 393–395.
S2CID 153848821. Archived
from the original on September 30, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

Edger, David (2010). "The Day Wall Street Exploded: A Story of America in Its First Age of Terror (review)". Journal for the Study of Radicalism. 4 (1): 159–161.
S2CID 144292033. Archived
from the original on June 3, 2018. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

Traflet, Janice M. (January 18, 2010). "A Review of "The Day Wall Street Exploded: A Story of America in Its First Age of Terror"". History: Reviews of New Books. 38 (2): 47–48.
S2CID 143530255. Archived
from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

Pearson, Chad (September 1, 2009). "The day Wall Street exploded: a story of America in its first age of terror". Business History. 51 (5): 795–797.
S2CID 154520859. Archived
from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

[2] Remes, Jacob A.C. (July 2013). "The Day Wall Street exploded: a story of America in its first age of terror". S2CID 153941774. Archived
from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

[3] Tsesis, Alexander (February 2011). "Beverly Gage, The Day Wall Street Exploded: A Story of America in Its First Age of Terror". Law and History Review. 29 (1): 319–320.
S2CID 147297019. Archived
from the original on September 30, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

[4] Jensen, Richard Bach (January 2011). "Capitalists, Cronies, and their Nemesis - Beverly Gage. The Day Wall Street Exploded. The Story Of America In Its First Age Of Terrorism". The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. 10 (1): 125–127.
S2CID 162938942. Archived
from the original on September 30, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

[5] Soffer, Jonathan M. (2010). "The Day Wall Street Exploded: A Story of America in Its First Age of Terror". Business History Review. 84 (2): 393–395.
S2CID 153848821. Archived
from the original on September 30, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

[6] Edger, David (2010). "The Day Wall Street Exploded: A Story of America in Its First Age of Terror (review)". Journal for the Study of Radicalism. 4 (1): 159–161.
S2CID 144292033. Archived
from the original on June 3, 2018. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

[7] Traflet, Janice M. (January 18, 2010). "A Review of "The Day Wall Street Exploded: A Story of America in Its First Age of Terror"". History: Reviews of New Books. 38 (2): 47–48.
S2CID 143530255. Archived
from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

[8] Pearson, Chad (September 1, 2009). "The day Wall Street exploded: a story of America in its first age of terror". Business History. 51 (5): 795–797.
S2CID 154520859. Archived
from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

[2] Bird, Kai (November 9, 2022). "A biography that may change your mind about J. Edgar Hoover". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 25, 2022.

[3] Gonzalez, Susan (April 30, 2021). "Historian Beverly Gage nominated to National Council on the Humanities". YaleNews. Archived from the original on September 30, 2021. Retrieved September 1, 2021.

[4] "Beverly Gage". Department of History. Yale University. Archived from the original on February 24, 2013. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

[5] ISSN 0362-4331. Archived
from the original on November 5, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

[6] "Statement from the Department of History". history.yale.edu. Archived from the original on October 7, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

[7] ISSN 0362-4331
.

[8] ISSN 0362-4331
.

[9] Varno, David (February 1, 2023). "NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE ANNOUNCES FINALISTS FOR PUBLISHING YEAR 2022". National Book Critics Circle. Retrieved February 3, 2023.

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