Book mail! Thank you Norton! Maybe I’ll adopt for the spring semester!

I’m letting my students play 20 minutes of the Oregon Trail game online today to begin the conversation about some of the dangers faced by settlers moving West.

If you had an unlimited budget for your classroom, what would you buy first? Image from the Library of Congress: buff.ly/59EJDU0

Anti-suffrage postcard from my collection, copyright 1909 and mailed 1912.

At the Big E Fairgrounds!

"Our Voices Must Be Heard" examines the ideals and failings of Ontario’s suffrage history, its daring supporters and thunderous enemies, and its blind spots on matters of race and class. bit.ly/4nyVOW1

Join us on 8 October for a fascinating webinar looking at the history and legacy of votes for women! Find out more: ow.ly/H2Ch50Wqnov #WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

My students went outside to help this morning! Proud!

🗃️ Still needing nominees! #academicsky #history

Congrats to the @nursingclio.bsky.social team! My local independent bookstore tells me my pre-ordered copy is ready for pickup. 🤓📚

Great day at SHU! Hosting Dr. Berkin to hear her talk on women and the Revolution!

I’m teaching modern US history survey in-person in the spring for the first time in six years. What are the new cool supplemental books to assign students? 🗃️

It is the birthday of the Nobel laureate who wrote, “True peace is not merely the absence of war, it is the presence of justice.” American sociologist and author Jane Addams was born on this day in 1860. #BookSky #WriterSky #History #Suffrage #ACLU #SocialWork #BOTD

4 Chilean women who gave voice to the future! In 1949, universal suffrage came into effect in Chile, and in 1952, women went to the polls for the first time in national elections. Meet some of the pathbreakers who defied the limits of their time and changed history. 🇨🇱 #WeCare #ChileCountryOfWomen

Conference presentation day! #womenshistory

Can anyone recommend a great book on the women’s suffrage movement?

Behind the ERA battle: Big Business feared equality would cost billions in wages and workplace protections.

Dr Jill Liddington reveals the stories of fascinating northern women writers, from icons such as Anne Lister to Selina Cooper, one of the 29,000 Lancashire cotton workers who took their suffrage petition to Westminster: buff.ly/de4X0M5

Happy Labor Day!

When Leonora Cohen smashed a cabinet window in 1913, it wasn't just glass that shattered. Her act of defiance echoed across Britain, pushing women's suffrage into the spotlight. #history #cronologia #MovementMondays

Enjoying Sturbridge Village today!

We’re preparing the ballot for the New England Historical Association and seeking people to run for a variety of positions within the organization! Please email me if interested: [email protected] 🗃️

The bad news: A century after suffrage, women are still underrepresented in politics. The good news: We know what works to get women into power.

It took more than a century of fighting by generations of activists to achieve suffrage for all American women.

Always a pleasure to get to hear a talk by @adamlaats.bsky.social !📚

Decades before viral videos, a cartoon bill taught a generation how a law is made. This look back at Schoolhouse Rock! reveals why its unifying, non-partisan approach to civics is more relevant than ever. #SchoolhouseRock #Nostalgia #History

[A]s right-wing Christian nationalists supported by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth are calling for an end to women’s right to vote, it seems crucial to remember the history of the drive for women’s suffrage in the United States of America." 3 min heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/the-ninete...

The fight for equality didn’t end in 1920. 💥 It’s up to us to carry it forward. 🗳️ Register. 📢 Speak up. 👭 Keep pushing. #WomensEqualityDay #19thAmendment #LWV #TexasHistory #VotingRights #Suffrage #LeagueOfWomenVoters

It's someone's birthday today!! 🎈🎂🎉 And as I walk around her store, I think, what book could possibility capture such a sister & boss? 'Disruptive Women: The Untold Story of Nova Scotia's Pioneers of Peace and Suffrage' by Sharon M H MacDonald #MaritimeMonday 💕🇨🇦📚

Our speaker for our next and final Scopes Centennial webinar is Adam Laats! Join us this Wednesday, August 27 at 7 PM ET/4 PM PT for a talk on the history of America's culture wars. Sign up in advance to receive a Zoom link. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #scopes #historysky #webinars #academicsky

Thanks Emily! I hope you enjoy it! 🙂

Suffragists and anti-suffragists had lobbied their positions and Burn had been swayed by the anti-suffragists. He voted “no” twice. Then his mom sent a note: “Hurrah and vote for Suffrage and don’t keep them in doubt … Don’t forget to be a good boy.” /3

Anyway if you want to learn about military voting in US history or woman suffrage & how 1 goal of the suffrage movement was to stop the law that forced women to lose their citizenship if they married a non-citizen, check out "Forgotten America" w/ The Great Courses Plus or Audible. 🗃️ bit.ly/4omm0oi

The entry of #America into the “war to end all wars” in April #1917 marks a major turning point in the nation's #History. Dive into Doenecke’s monumental study of the #Diplomatic, #Military, and #Ideological aspects of #US involvement in #WWI. MORE PRECIOUS THAN PEACE: https://bit.ly/4lj79Z0

The first woman to hold a Cabinet position, Perkins understood the struggles of everyday Americans. She witnessed the Triangle Shirtwaist fire in 1911 and the poor working conditions in factories. She knew the private sector could not be trusted to lift up the working class. /2

Getting ready for the new semester!

#OtD 16 Aug 1972 women cleaners at the Ministry of Defence in London won a five-month struggle for a payrise and union recognition. The "Night Cleaners Campaign" was supported by the women's movement as well as other workers stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8764...

Calling all History of Education enthusiasts, researchers, and PGR/PhD students! Join our wonderful community. Membership prices: From £30 a year for fully waged £15 a year for students and not fully waged Check out membership benefits here: historyofeducation.org.uk/membership #histed #edusky

My 2022-23 blog highlights starts with tributes to two great teachers, features tons of Guest posts including @kmarino1.bsky.social & @einavrfox.bsky.social, includes tributes to @kidadaewilliams.com & Jill Wine-Volner, & much more! americanstudier.blogspot.com/2025/08/augu...

Congratulations to Dr. Gledhill on his new book! www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

What an absolute honor to be invited to the @themuktsardialogues to present on my scholarship. Thank you Lakhvir Sidhu for the invitation. ** my rank is of an Assistant Teaching Professor at Sacred Heart University.

Between 1899 and her death, in 1962, the photographer Lora Webb Nichols created and collected some 24,000 negatives documenting life in her small Wyoming town, whose fortunes boomed and then busted along with the region’s copper mines.

This book is SOOOO good. @angiemaxwell.bsky.social

Any tips on writing a historical biography? 🗃️ #academicsky #history

Scopes summer continues! Loved being part of Vanderbilt's Scopes Symposium. The historians went first--and you can check out the talks here: