Wendy L. Rouse

Wendy L. Rouse is a historian with research interests focus on the history of women and children during the Progressive Era. Her most recent book, Public Faces, Secret Lives: A Queer History of the Suffrage Movement by NYU Press, was published in 2022. Rouse has also written, Her Own Hero: The Origins of the Women's Self-Defense Movement by NYU Press. This book examines the emergence of women's self-defense alongside the first-wave of feminism during the Progressive Era. Her first book, Children of Chinatown: Growing up Chinese American in San Francisco by UNC Press, explores the lives of Chinese American children during the era of Chinese exclusion.

Rouse teaches United States history and social science teacher preparation at San Jose State University.