The library was founded in 1995 honoring Dr. Edna Gott, the first woman awarded tenure in the Department of Economics. Materials provided by the College of Human Science and Preston F. Gott (1919-2002), Professor Emeritus of Physics.

The Florence Brown En Avant Club Scholarship is endowed by Professor Preston Gott, Physics Department, in memory of Edna Maynard Gott. Edna Maynard Gott was a founding member of the Women's & Gender Studies program at Texas Tech.

The library space is open for studying, browsing the book collection and hosting small meetings.

About Dr. Gott

Edna Maynard Gott was born on March 19, 1920, in Chandler, Texas. After receiving a B.S. in Economics from the University of Texas in 1942 and an M.S. from Texas Tech in 1954, she became an instructor in Economics at Tech. For more than a decade she battled with the department and university administration for equality in teaching rank, promotion, and tenure. In the spring of 1973 she was promoted to the rank of Assistant Professor, and nine years later became the first woman to achieve tenure in the Department of Economics.

Her work focused on the economic status and challenges facing women and minorities. To advance the cause for women's rights she not only unmasked the inequities toward female faculty in academia, but also coordinated the Lubbock Chapter of the National Organization of Women. Gott was also an active member of the International Center for Arid and Semi-Arid Land Studies where she served on the Women in Development committee and was a founding member of the Women's & Gender Studies program.

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Library Details

M-F | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm 

DRANE Hall RM 259

Questions?| Email womens.studies@ttu.edu 

WGS Librarian - Esther Medina De León 

Esther Medina De León, is the Associate Librarian for Women's & Gender Studies, and Media & Communication at Texas Tech University Libraries. 

esther.de-leon@ttu.edu

 

 

 

 

Location

TTU Campus
DRANE 259

Mailing Address

2515 15th Street
Box 4-1006
Lubbock, TX 79409-2009