Posts by Pamela
The Coming Year of History Nerdery
Several years ago I got in the habit of starting the year here at History in the Margins by talking about the historical topics I hope/plan/expect to read and think and write about in the coming year. It’s a useful exercise as far as I’m concerned; you can think of it as the coming attractions…
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Merry, Jolly, Happy, Blessed, Etc.
In the interest of sanity, I’m going to take a holiday break from blogging. Unless I stumble across something that I feel I absolutely need to tell you RIGHT NOW, I’ll be back on January 2nd, or maybe January 3rd, with some great stories from the corners of history, some books you ought to read,…
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From the Archives: Madeleine Caulier Goes To War
At the moment, I’m deep in a chapter about women who disguised themselves as men and enlisted as soldiers–the subject of the blog post below. I know a lot more about the subject than I did when I wrote this post back in 2013. And while I still think all their stories sound much the…
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