Tiffany K Wayne, PhD

Women’s History Month is a great time to remember that history is never separate from the world we’re living in today. The work of historians is not just the work of recovery, but of truly listening. Listening to the sources, reading between the lines, and listening to women. And the work of women’s history includes listening to the voices and lives of women today. Women’s history must also always involve asking difficult questions about power, memory, and whose stories get t

In January 2025 I gave a presentation for my local League of Women Voters of Martin County (FL) for their monthly "Hot Topic" luncheon series. My talk was on the limitations of the 19th Amendment for women's political and legal equality and the early history of the LWV, nationally and in Florida. We had a great turnout, good food, and I enjoyed getting to know many hardworking local League members! Tampa Tribune (February 15, 1920) Announcement of creation of the a new nation

I have driven this highway hundreds (maybe thousands) of times since moving to Santa Cruz in the mid-1990s. The winding mountain road is the best, and really only, option to drive from Santa Cruz on the coast, eastward into San Jose, and then north to San Francisco. With the sharp curves and dense forests of redwoods growing right up to the shoulder, it’s not easy to pull off the road on Highway 17. There are no exits or on-ramps, no gas stations, and once you’re on it, you s

I recently rewatched Harriet (2019) starring Cynthia Erivo. I was a high school History teacher when the film first came out and I...

I recently spent a week in New Jersey on an archival research trip, looking for clues about the 1915 state suffrage campaign in NJ and...

"The maker of a sentence like the other artist launches out into the infinite and builds a road into Chaos and old Night." - Ralph Waldo...

My review of Brian C. Wilson's book, The California Days of Ralph Waldo Emerson (University of Massachusetts Press, 2022) appeared in the...

Psychologists define major life stressors as events which bring upheaval, often challenging our identities and relationships, and...

I was a special guest on an episode of the Jo’s Boys podcast with host Peyton Thomas, in which we discuss gender roles, quarantine, and...

The mostly true story of Miss Panama Pankhurst Imogene Equality For the past few months I have been researching the activities of the...