Belva Lockwood: a guest post by Jack French

Once or twice a year, long-time friend of the Margins Jack French reaches out with an interesting story and an offer to share.  I’ve learned to say yes.  Whether it’s the woman who invented Monopoly, a pair of WASP pilots, or a book recommendation, it’s always worth reading, and it’s often appropriate for Women’s History…

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Emily Bliss Gould: An American in Italy–A Guest Post by Etta M. Madden

Etta Madden is Professor of English at Missouri State University and the author of Engaging Italy: American Women’s Utopian Visions and Transnational Networks (SUNY Press), Eating in Eden: Food and American Utopias (U Nebraska Press) and Bodies of Life: Shaker Literature and Literacies (Greenwood). She has also published numerous articles on American literature and intentional,…

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