On this day in 1787, thirty-nine male delegates signed the U.S. Constitution. I am delighted to be giving a Constitution Day lecture today @UCincinnatiLaw. I will be discussing my new book, We the Men: How Forgetting Women’s Struggles for Equality Perpetuates Inequality. #WeTheMen

On this day in 2016, Phyllis Schlafly died. She blocked ERA ratification in the 70s & 80s, in part by denying the persistence of discrim against women. Here’s an article where I explore how Schlafly created a playbook that anti-feminists have followed since. #WeTheMen papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Rockstar panel, IMO. I hope they air it on CSPAN. www.historians.org/event/histor...

On this day in 1963, the National Council of Negro Women hosted a conference to reflect on the previous day’s March on Washington and plan for the future. Lawyer Pauli Murray criticized the lack of female speakers at the March. The women agreed on the need to fight both racism and sexism. #WeTheMen

Watching the Gilded Age. love it, but having an issue with the divorce storyline. (1)

the Supreme Court has ruled to uphold Tennessee's ban on youth gender affirming care in the case U.S. v. Skrmetti.

It is amazing to watch my youngest child fall in love with history. He is home sick today and all he wants to do is talk about the American Revolution. He is 9 and already eager to understand cause and effect relationships. Watching a child grow into their sense of self is wonderful.

On this day in 1810, Margaret Fuller was born. She became a woman’s rights advocate and America’s first female war correspondent. Her influential 1845 book, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, was one of the first American publications to call for sex equality and female enfranchisement. #WeTheMen

On this day in 1913, NYC Mayor William Gaynor offered his thoughts on suffrage. He asked: “Is there any suffragette in the world who would not give up her principles for a nice man?” Harriot Stanton Blatch and other suffragists disagreed, noting the many married women in the movement. #WeTheMen

Legal historians Kristin Collins, Gerald Neuman, and Rachel @rosenbloom.bsky.social amicus brief shows that a 1952 (and 1940) law establishes “a person born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,” shall be a “citizen[] of the United States at birth.” 8 U.S.C. § 1401(a)."

📣 ICYMI: WPI's @betsyfischermartin.bsky.social moderated a Vital Voices LIVE conversation with Dina Powell McCormick on her new book, "Who Believed in You: How Purposeful Mentorship Changes the World,” co-authored with Sen. David McCormick. 🎥 Watch the replay: youtu.be/eSAGiwRLyo0?...

Had a huge, giant panic attack. Several hours. Have not had one that bad in a long time. Completely lost it. Starting to come back to feeling okay. Lots of tears. Horrible headache now. Amazing how my brain can switch to utter self-destruct mode when it is triggered by something.

Please highlight this story. ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago. kfor.com/news/local/w...

The AHA encourages Oklahomans invested in quality history education to contact their state legislators and ask them to return the newly revised Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies to the State Board of Education for further review. Read our action alert for more information 🗃️:

On this day in 1992, the Supreme Ct. heard oral argument in Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Casey ultimately agreed w/ Roe that states could not prohibit abortion before viability. That protection remained in place until 2022, when Dobbs rolled back women’s rights by overturning Roe & Casey. #WeTheMen

📣 ICYMI: Watch the full replay of @au-wpi.bsky.social's #WomenOnWednesdays w/ Dr. David Campbell & Dr. @cwolbrecht.bsky.social, co-authors of “See Jane Run,” in conversation with @betsyfischermartin.bsky.social here: 🎥 www.crowdcast.io/c/wpi-see-ja... #wpievents

A number of years ago, I made this for one of my excellent kids. It felt relevant today.

🚨A U.S. born citizen was arrested in Florida for entering the state as an “unauthorized alien.” His mother and a community advocate showed his birth certificate during a hearing in Leon County. The judge said she had no authority to release him.

As part of the #FreedomToLearn initiative, the AHA responds directly to legislation that would restrict history education. Visit our website for a full list of letters sent by the AHA in response to such legislation. #HonestHistory 🗃️

Pls repost. Help! Picking books for a US women's hist survey. What excellent memoirs get at the 1960s/70s? So far, I'm def using Moody's Coming of Age in MS and VanDevanter's Home Before Morning. What else? 🗃️ @womenknowhistory.bsky.social @jwomenshistory.bsky.social @thewphp.bsky.social

Many thanks to Dr. David Campbell & Dr. @cwolbrecht.bsky.social, co-authors of “See Jane Run: How Women Politicians Matter for Young People,” for joining @AU_WPI’s #WPIWomenOnWednesdays virtual conversation with @betsyfischermartin.bsky.social! #WPIevents

My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"? Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...

This is why they're going to start enforcing the Comstock Act—once they're finished with trying to kidnap and traffick everyone who isn't white I guess. ** Abortion becomes more common in some US states that outlawed it www.economist.com/united-state...

important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:

It is legally impossible to deport citizens. This is not deportation. Removing citizens to foreign prisons, knowing to a certainty that they will be subjected to treatment that violates the U.S. constitution, doesn’t deserve any label that connotes legal legitimacy.

"Since the 19th century, US government actions have led to drastic changes in international trade and finance," @nelsonhist.bsky.social writes in #AHAPerspectives. "And in all four cases, the result was not recessions but depressions." 🗃️

Chasten and I are relieved that Governor Shapiro and his family are safe. While we wait to learn more, this much is clear: the targeting of a public official and his family - especially a prominent Jewish official on a major Jewish holiday - is unconscionable and has no place in our country.

“We’re not sure any of the tools remaining in Trump’s toolkit will be sufficient to fully staunch the bleeding.” apnews.com/article/trea...

“It’s the most extraordinary attack on voting rights in American history,” Wilentz said. “This is an attempt to destroy American democracy as we know it. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the...

Update: Dow falls 2,000 points (nearly 5%). markets.businessinsider.com/index/dow_jo...

On this day in 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives is voting on the SAVE Act, which would disenfranchise millions of Americans, including millions of American women who changed their name after marrying. #WeTheMen www.forbes.com/sites/hollyc...

The 10% tariff alone is a $2500 per household annual tax hike!

I am absolutely not a fan of this man, that said, he’s completely correct and the messaging here is 💯

I needed to hear this. Maybe you do too. “Fear has a way of being contagious… courage is also contagious.” — Kamala Harris Man, I miss her.

DJI closed down 2231 points, 5.5 percent. That's after yesterday with a similar decline. The biggest 2 day decline in history.

JUST IN: A federal judge in Maryland Friday ordered the Trump administration to take immediate steps to return a Maryland man who was deported to a Salvadoran mega-prison by mistake, setting up another high-stakes clash between the White House and the courts.

This feels like the defining image from this year’s Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting. The National Science Foundatipn paid for a booth in the exhibit hall. But the booth sits empty, because NSF has been DOGE’d, and there is no one left to send.

The AHA has released a statement condemning the evisceration of the National Endowment for the Humanities. “This frontal attack on the nation’s public culture is unpatriotic, anti-American, and unjustified.” 🗃️