Attack of the 90-foot Suffragette
The mostly true story of Miss Panama Pankhurst Imogene Equality For the past few months I have been researching the activities of the...
Random Musings on Reading & Writing
- Jan 2
Holiday Leftovers
You remember how, when you are going away for the summer, and the last evening you open up the refrigerator and take out all the...
- Aug 31, 2021
Mapping the Geographic & Racial Lines of U.S. Women's Suffrage
Every day I sit down at my computer and stare at this poster on the wall across from my desk: The Awakening, by artist Henry Mayer,...
- Apr 2, 2021
A Month in the Life of a Women's Historian; or, On the Road with the Suffragists
Another Women’s History Month has come and gone. Of course, I think about and do women’s history all year long! So what does it look like...
- Feb 15, 2021
Black Women, the ERA, and How We Talk About Suffrage History
On February 15, 1921, suffrage advocates gathered in the nation’s Capitol to dedicate a statue of the whitest marble to three white women...
- Feb 1, 2021
Jewish Women & Suffrage in the United States
I’ve been thinking quite a bit, as always, about diverse actors in the U.S. women’s suffrage movement and about the ways that differently...
- Dec 24, 2020
Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come - Reflecting on our Pandemic Year
This morning as I went about some of my Christmas Eve preparation and chores, I listened along to this "History of Literature" podcast...
- Dec 9, 2020
A Year in Books
I set (and met) a goal of reading 52 books this year - one per week! Every reading list is so personal and mine is always a mix of newly...
- Aug 26, 2020
Women's Equality Day and the Suffrage Centennial
On August 26, 1920 the Nineteenth Amendment was certified as part of the U.S. Constitution.
- Jul 31, 2020
Transitioning to a Full-Time Writing Career
July has been an incredibly productive and creative month for me. Way back in February (pre-Covid shutdown) I gave my notice to leave my...
- Jul 9, 2020
The Dignity of Voting Rights; or, How Not to Disappoint Your Mother
This week I received a surprise package of 5 copies of my new book, Women's Suffrage: The Complete Guide to the 19th Amendment, from my...
- Jun 22, 2020
Flannery O'Connor
Read and enjoyed this insightful New Yorker piece on Flannery O’Connor over the weekend. The title “How Racist?” seems like the wrong...
- Apr 23, 2020
Harper Lee and Civil Rights
Since I just finished re-reading "To Kill A Mockingbird" with my 9th graders, I decided to finally get around to reading the copy of "Go...