Stacey Horstmann Gatti
Associate Professor of History and Pre-Law Advisor

Education 
Ph.D., M.A. Emory University, B.A. Hamilton College

Areas of Expertise 
Professor Gatti is an American historian with particular expertise in the history of women’s organizations during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Her doctoral dissertation, “The Political Apprenticeship of Southern Women: The Political History of White Women’s Organizations in Georgia, 1880-1920,” (Emory University, 2000) and forthcoming articles entitled“Mary Latimer McLendon: Mother of Woman Suffrage in Georgia” and “’To Do Her Duty Nobly and Well:’ White Women’s Organizations in Georgia Debate Woman Suffrage, 1910-1920” focus on the history of women’s organizations and the identity of the New Woman in the US South. She has recently expanded the scope of her research into the US North, specifically Long Island, and has published articles on this topic in the Long Island Historical Journal (2005) and New York History (2008). She is currently investigating the efforts of Georgia woman’s organizations for protective legislation, including lobbying to raise the age of consent. Her future research plans include continuing her work on women’s organizations in Georgia and New York, ultimately examining the emergence of the political identities of American women voters by comparing the approaches of women from different regions.

Professor Gatti teaches survey courses in American and World history and offers advanced courses in American Women’s History, the American Civil War, Environmental History and the Progressive Era.

Selected Publications

“’To Do Her Duty Nobly and Well:’ White Women’s Organizations in Georgia Debate Woman Suffrage, 1910-1920,” in Entering the Fray: Gender, Politics, and Culture in the New South, Jonathan Daniel Wells and Sheila Phipps, editors, (Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri Press, [2009]. [In Press]

“Mary McLendon: Mother of Suffrage Work in Georgia” in Georgia Women: Their Lives and Times, Ann Short Chirhart and Betty Wood, editors (Athens: University of Georgia Press, [2009]) [In Press]

“In Their Own Backyard: The Local Imperative of Small Town Women’s
Citizenship, 1896-1930,” New York History, Volume 88, No. 4 (2007): 419-452

“From Thinking Globally to Acting Locally: The Women of the Setauket Library Club, 1896-1924,” Long Island Historical Journal, Volume 17, Nos. 1-2 (Fall 2004/Spring 2005): 16-40

Pre-Law Advising:
Professor Gatti also serves as the campus pre-law advisor.

Contact Information
Office: H849
Telephone:  718-246-6444
Office Hours: M/W 2:30-3:30 P.M., FRI 12-2 P.M. and by appointment.
Fax: 718-488-1086
E-mail: Stacey.Horstmann@liu.edu

Courses Offered Fall 2009:
HIS 1-006    History of Civilizations to 1500  Mon/Weds/Fri 1-2:15 P.M.
HIS 164-001  Women in History                  Weds         6-8:30 P.M.