# Betty Glad > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Betty_Glad > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Betty_Glad.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Glad > Source revision: 1302330182 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American political scientist}} '''Betty Glad''' (September 27, 1927– August 2, 2010) was an American [political scientist](/source/political_science) who specialized in the [American presidency](/source/American_presidency) and [American foreign policy](/source/American_foreign_policy).{{cite journal | last1=Sabia | first1=Daniel | last2=Woliver | first2=Laura R. | title=BETTY GLAD | journal=PS: Political Science & Politics | publisher=Cambridge University Press | volume=43 | issue=4 | year=2010 | issn=1049-0965 | doi=10.1017/s1049096510001459 | pages=802–803 | doi-access=free }} Her first work on [Charles Evans Hughes](/source/Charles_Evans_Hughes){{cite book|last=Glad|first=Betty |title=Charles Evans Hughes and the illusions of innocence: a study in American diplomacy|url=https://archive.org/details/charlesevanshugh0000glad|url-access=registration|year=1966|publisher=University of Illinois Press|location=Urbana, IL}} led to a nomination for a [Pulitzer Prize](/source/Pulitzer_Prize).{{cite web|title=Betty Glad: Obituary|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/deseretnews/obituary.aspx?pid=144529821|publisher= Deseret News|date=9 August 2010|accessdate=27 September 2017}} == Education and career == Glad graduated from the [University of Utah](/source/University_of_Utah) [magna cum laude](/source/magna_cum_laude) and [Phi Beta Kappa](/source/Phi_Beta_Kappa) with a Bachelors of Science, and went on to receive her PhD from the [University of Chicago](/source/University_of_Chicago) in 1962. She began her teaching career at [Mount Holyoke College](/source/Mt._Holyoke_College) and [Brooklyn College](/source/Brooklyn_College), before becoming the first female Chair of Political Science at the [University of Illinois](/source/University_of_Illinois). She would stay at Illinois until 1989, when she took up a post at the [University of South Carolina](/source/University_of_South_Carolina). Glad was one of the first women to earn a PhD in political science and then teach at a PhD-granting institution. Glad's interests included the areas of [political science](/source/political_science) and [political psychology](/source/political_psychology), and she was honored for her lifelong contributions in both subjects through the "Frank D. Goodnow Award" from the [American Political Science Association](/source/American_Political_Science_Association) and the "Harold Lasswell Award" from the [International Society for Political Psychology](/source/International_Society_for_Political_Psychology). == Legacy == Betty Glad has left behind a written legacy about six presidents of the United States, and other world leaders such as [Mikhail Gorbachev](/source/Mikhail_Gorbachev), [Boris Yeltsin](/source/Boris_Yeltsin), and [Nelson Mandela](/source/Nelson_Mandela). The "Betty Glad Legal Defense Fund" has been established in her name through the [Women's Caucus for Political Science](/source/Women's_Caucus_for_Political_Science) to help women battle discrimination and misconduct in the workplace.{{Cite web| title = The Betty Glad Legal Defense Fund|work = Women's Caucus for Political Science|accessdate = 27 October 2017| url =https://womenscaucusforpoliticalscience.org/the-betty-glad-legal-defense-fund/}} == Bibliography == * ''World Affairs Programs in Illinois'' (1965) [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2665555 OCLC 2665555] * ''Charles Evens Hughes and the Illusions of Innocence: A Study in American Diplomacy'' (1966) [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/491012795 OCLC 456602] * ''Jimmy Carter: In Search of the Great White House'' (1980) {{ISBN|9780393075274}} * ''Psychological Dimensions of War'' (1994) [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/258751127 OCLC 258751127] * ''The Russian Transformation: Political, Sociological, and Psychological Aspects''. Edited by Glad and Eric Shiraev. (1999) {{ISBN|9780312215668}} * ''Striking First: The Preventive War Doctrine and the Reshaping of U.S. Foreign Policy.'' Edited by Glad and Chris Dolan. (2004) {{ISBN|140396548X}} * ''An Outsider in the White House: Jimmy Carter, His Advisors, and the Making of American Foreign Policy'' (2009) {{ISBN|9780801448157}} * ''Key Pittman: The Tragedy of a Senate Insider'' (2010) {{ISBN|9780231515658}} == References == {{reflist}} == External links == * [https://archives.library.sc.edu/repositories/6/resources/151 Betty Glad Papers] at South Carolina Political Collections at the University of South Carolina {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Glad, Betty}} Category:American women political scientists Category:Political psychologists Category:University of Chicago alumni Category:University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty Category:University of South Carolina faculty Category:1927 births Category:2010 deaths Category:Mount Holyoke College faculty Category:University of Utah alumni Category:Brooklyn College faculty Category:American women social scientists Category:American women academics Category:21st-century American women --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Betty Glad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Glad) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Glad?action=history)). 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