Nineteenth Century America
Jane Johnston Schoolcraft
Several years ago, My Own True Love and I visited the headwaters of the Mississippi at Lake Itasca State Park, in Minnesota, as part of our multi-part road trip along the Great River Road. There we learned that Henry Rowe Schoolcraft “discovered” and named the headwaters of the Mississippi.* We also learned that Schoolcraft developed…
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Talking About Women’s History: Three Questions and an Answer with Margot Mifflin
Margot Mifflin is an author and journalist who writes about women’s history and the arts. She pioneered the study of women’s tattoo history with Bodies of Subversion: A Secret History of Women and Tattoo. Her second book, The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman, was a finalist for the Caroline Bancroft History Prize. Her…
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Talking About Women’s History: Three Questions and an Answer with Lydia Moland
Lydia Moland is the author of Lydia Maria Child: A Radical American Life, a biography of one of 19th-century America’s fiercest abolitionists. She is the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Philosophy at Colby College in Maine and the author of books and articles on 19th-century German philosophy. Her work on Lydia Maria…
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