Sheila J. Counce-Nicklas Oral History Interview, June 21, 2007

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Summary

Creator:
Counce, Sheila J.
Abstract:
Dr. Sheila J. Counce-Nicklas was one of the first women in Duke University's Department of Anatomy. This collection contains 1 oral history interview conducted on June 21, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry. In this interview, Counce-Nicklas discusses women's issues in the medical field, including her own experiences as a female staff member in Duke University Medical Center's Department of Anatomy.
Extent:
1 interview (2 master CDs, 2 use CDs, and 1 transcript)
Language:
English
Collection ID:
OH.COUNCES

Background

Scope and content:

Includes 1 oral history interview with Dr. Sheila J. Counce-Nicklas conducted on June 21, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry.
In this interview, Counce-Nicklas discusses women's issues in the medical field, including her own experiences as a female staff member in Duke University Medical Center's Department of Anatomy.

Biographical / historical:

Dr. Sheila J. Counce-Nicklas was born in 1927 in Hayes Center, Nebraska. She received her BA and MA from the University of Colorado, in 1948 and 1950 respectively. She received her PhD from the University of Edinburgh in developmental genetics in 1954 after serving as a Fulbright Fellow (1950-1951, 1951-1952) and an American Association of University Women Fellow (1952-1953). She was also a Macauley Fellow at the University of Edinburgh (1955-1956) and a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Zurich (1956-1957).
After serving as research assistant (1958-1959), lecturer (1958-1959), and research associate (1958-1965) at Yale, she came to Duke to serve as a research associate in zoology. She joined the Department of Anatomy in 1967 as one of the first women in the department and ultimately became full professor in the department in 1978.
Counce-Nicklas' research focused on sex differences among insects, on which she published widely. She also has been active in a number of professional associations, and served as the director of graduate studies for the department, and on the Appointments and Promotions Committee of Trinity College, and the Admissions Committee at Duke University School of Medicine.

Acquisition information:
Accession A2007.131 (June 2007)
Processing information:

Processed by Jessica Roseberry: June 2008; encoded by Dawne Howard Lucas: August 2008

Arrangement:
Organized into the following series: Interview, June 21, 2007.
Physical location:
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[Identification of item], Sheila J. Counce-Nicklas Oral History Interview, Duke University Medical Center Archives.