Professor Amy M. Froide
Professor · Tenured
Department of Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies Department of History
About
Amy M. Froide is Professor of History and the Director of the Dresher Center for the Humanities. She teaches early modern British and women’s history. She is the author of Never Married: Singlewomen in early modern England and Silent Partners: Women as Public Investors during Britain’s Financial Revolution. She is the UMBC Presidential Teaching Professor for 2024-27.
Research interests
Economic and social history of women, women investors, women and philanthropy
Teaching interests
British History, European Women's History, Early Modern European History, History of Entrepreneurship; History of Finance
Education
- Ph D, Early Modern British History — Duke University (1996)