Lynne H. Kleinman is senior research analyst in the Office of Research and Evaluation at Alverno College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and also holds appointment as associate lecturer in the Department of History and the Center for Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
A graduate of Barnard College, she holds the Master of Arts degree from the New York University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has held teaching positions in history and sociology at Carroll College, UW-Milwaukee, Milwaukee Stratton College, Cuyahoga Community College, New York Institute of Technology, New York University, and Adelphi University.
The Milwaukee-Downer Woman is based on her doctoral dissertation, "Milwaukee-Downer College: A Study in the History of Women and the History of Higher Education in America, 1851-1964." She also has presented and published on a variety of topics in women's history, including presentations on "Higher Education for Women at Mid-Century: The Demise of Milwaukee-Downer and Other Women's Colleges," "Archival Research Methods: Constructing the History of Milwaukee-Downer College," and "Feminism at Milwaukee-Downer College, 1848-1964."