What HBO/Cinemax’s Warrior Got Wrong About Donaldina CameronWhy does this one historical figure continue to fascinate people almost 100 years after the first biography appeared about her?Apr 11, 2021Apr 11, 2021
The Women Who Took Care of Harriet Tubman (in her final years)Harriet Tubman “ill and penniless” proclaimed a headline in the New York Age during the summer of 1911. When the pension granted to her by…Nov 13, 2019Nov 13, 2019
Teaching close-reading in the history classroom with JuxtaFor more than three decades now, history pedagogy has emphasized the need to bring primary source documents into the history classroom…Jan 22, 2019Jan 22, 2019
A Narrow History of Feminism Impoverishes ActivismWhile it is a truism that 1970s feminist activism gave rise to women’s history, whose feminist activism counts in historical analysis is…Oct 11, 2018Oct 11, 2018
5 Questions to Ask Before You Use a Digital Archive*a series of prompts designed to provoke reflection on the various relationships structured by research in digital archival environments…Jul 19, 20181Jul 19, 20181
How to write history when everything eventually finds its way onlinefollow up to “Feminist Research Practices and Digital Archives”)Mar 13, 2018Mar 13, 2018
How did we get to feminism so white?Digital History and The Standard Narrative of the History of US Women’s LiberationJan 7, 2018Jan 7, 2018
Band of Buddies Female Veterans of World War IThe mythology of male bonding in wartime, valorized in art and literature, also appears as a dominant trope in contemporary historical…Nov 11, 20171Nov 11, 20171
On the long history of a specious analogy (or how white feminism is built on co-opting blackness)On October 15, as part of #MeToo, actor Rose McGowan tweeted an analogy between women and the ’N’ word.” Clarkisha Kent was quick to reply…Oct 18, 2017Oct 18, 2017
Digital History and Historical Argumentationhow to make a historical argument when your evidence is digitalJul 25, 20171Jul 25, 20171