Sarah B. Pomeroy

Sarah B. Pomeroy is a distinguished and leading scholar, social historian, and professor emerita of classics and history. Her specializations include social history and family in classical studies, teaching the very first course on women in antiquity. Author and editor of twelve books and over thirty scholarly articles, her publications include Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity (rev. 1994) and Benjamin Franklin, Swimmer: An Illustrated History (2021).