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Bio

Barbara Joans (1935-2024) Anthropologist, author. Barbara Joans was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Santa Cruz, California.

Full Name

Barbara Joans

Locations

KingsNew York

Author's Timeline


1935

Birth

Kings County: Barbara Joans was born Barbara Joan Levinsohn in Brooklyn, New York, on February 28, 1935.

1952

Other Life Event

Kings County: Ms. Joans graduated from Midwood High School in Brooklyn, New York, in 1952.

1956

Other Life Event

Kings County: Ms. Joans received a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Brooklyn College in 1956.

1965

Other Life Event

New York County: Ms. Joans received a master’s degree in sociology and anthropology from New York University in 1965.

1974

Other Life Event

New York County: Ms. Joans received a doctorate in anthropology from the City University of New York in 1974.

2001

Literary Work

Bike Lust: Harleys, Women, and American Society
University of Wisconsin Press
029917350X / 978-0299173500
Nonfiction.

2024

Death

Barbara Joans died in an assisted living facility in Santa Cruz, California, on March 6, 2024.

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