Molly P. Rozum

Molly Rozum

A Mitchell, SD native, Molly Rozum, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor and Ronald R. Nelson Chair of Great Plains and South Dakota History at the University of South Dakota.  She teaches the histories of South Dakota, the American West, and Modern Women’s History. For 11 years prior to joining USD, Molly was an associate professor of history with tenure and director of the Honors Program at Doane Colle in Crete, Nebraska.

Molly is a leading expert in women’s suffrage and Northern Great Plains history. She is the co-editor of the book Equality at the Ballot Box: Votes for Women on the Northern Great Plains, published by South Dakota Historical Society Press in 2019. In 2020, the United States marked the centennial of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, commemorating women's right to vote. Honoring the occasion, Molly was one of the primary “go-to speakers” in 2019, 2020, and 2021 on women’s suffrage. Molly worked to ensure that South Dakota’s story did not get lost. She was able to provide a quick lesson about the history of the Nineteenth Amendment, an amendment that -- in Molly’s words -- upholds the nation’s democratic process.

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