Martha Vicinus, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Martha Vicinus

Literary scholar and writer

Date of Birth: 20-Nov-1939

Place of Birth: United States of America, United States

Profession: writer, historian

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Martha Vicinus (born November 20, 1939) is an American scholar of English literature and Women's studies.
She serves as the Eliza M.
Mosher Distinguished University Professor of English, Women's Studies, and History at the University of Michigan.
She has written several books about Victorian women as well as gender and sexuality.
She earned a PhD from the University of Wisconsin in 1968.She has been noted for drawing attention to the Victorian double standards that were applied to women and to the Victorian ideal of women without sexual desires.
She has argued that society often defines sexuality through a male heterosexual perspective.In addition to her career as a scholar, she has been active as an advocate of anti-war and LGBT causes.