Elinor Gadon

Elinor W. Gadon
Born(1925-09-17)September 17, 1925
DiedMay 8, 2018(2018-05-08) (aged 92)
AwardsWomen's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award, 2006
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Michigan, B.A. English, 1947; University of Massachusetts, Amherst M.A. History of Art, 1974; University of Chicago, Ph.D. Committee on the History of Culture, 1984
Academic work
Main interestsCultural history, Art history, Gender studies

Elinor W. Gadon (September 17, 1925 – May 8, 2018) was an American cultural historian, Indologist, art historian and author notable for her examination of women in myth and culture in history.