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women's history

The Author’s Corner with Melissa Ford

Rachel Petroziello   |  June 2, 2022

Melissa Ford is Assistant Professor of History at Slippery Rock University. This interview is based on her new book, A Brick and a Bible: Black Women’s Radical Activism in the Midwest during the Great Depression (Southern Illinois University Press, 2022). […]

The Author’s Corner with Angela Esco Elder

Rachel Petroziello   |  May 17, 2022

Angela Esco Elder is Associate Professor of History at Converse University. This interview is based on her new book, Love and Duty: Confederate Widows and the Emotional Politics of Loss (The University of North Carolina Press, 2022). JF: What led […]

The Author’s Corner with Joan DeJean

Rachel Petroziello   |  April 19, 2022

Joan DeJean is Trustee Professor of Romance Languages at the University of Pennsylvania. This interview is based on her new book, Mutinous Women: How French Convicts Became Founding Mothers of the Gulf Coast (Basic Books, 2022). JF: What led you […]

She is a Philadelphia Eagles cheerleader and a Temple University Ph.D student in American history

John Fea   |  January 15, 2022

Shelby Carr has an M.A. history (with specializations in public history and historic preservation) from the University of Colorado and is currently a first-year Ph.D student at Temple. She is also an Eagles cheerleader. She is featured in a recent […]

Pro-life feminism

John Fea   |  November 29, 2021

Here is Tish Harrison Warren at The New York Times: We need to broaden the tent of feminism. If, in order to be a feminist, one cannot simply be against the oppression of women but also must affirm abortion or […]

Kamala Harris becomes the first woman in U.S. history to have presidential power

John Fea   |  November 19, 2021

She had it for eighty-five minutes today. Here is the BBC: Ms Harris, 57, was in control for 85 minutes, while Mr Biden was placed under anaesthesia for a routine colonoscopy on Friday. Mr Biden’s doctor released a statement after […]

There she is, Miss America…digitized and online

John Fea   |  April 28, 2021

Rowan University students are digitizing artifacts from the Miss America Organization in Atlantic City. What a cool public history project! Here is R. Kenneth Burns at WHYY: Students at Rowan University are going through a treasure chest of American history […]

Fannie Lou Hamer webinar for teachers

John Fea   |  April 8, 2021

Current‘s Managing Editor Jay Green, will join Chris Burkett and Sarah Beth Kitch on Saturday, April 10, 2021 for a webinar on civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer. The webinar readings include: Testimony Before Congress, Fannie Lou Hamer, 1964 Voting […]

All eight Ivy League newspapers have women editors

John Fea   |  April 2, 2021

This is a first. Here is a taste of Nhuquynh Nguyen‘s and Liana Slomka’s piece at The Daily Princetonian: For the first time, women hold the highest editorial positions at all eight Ivy League papers. The path to leadership, and […]

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