Innovation
From the Archives: Florence Nightingale Does the Math
Florence Nightingale is best known for her heroic efforts in the Crimean War(1), where she threw open windows, scrubbed filthy floors and equally filthy men(2), bullied doctors and officers on the spot, fought with the British Army’s military director, and saved lives. She returned home a heroine. Victorian Britain loved to celebrate a…
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Barbie and Ruth
Back in March, Stacy Cordery made a comment that stuck with me: “As a classroom professor and a woman’s biographer, it had been clear to me for years that female entrepreneurs are largely missing from history. Most of us can name at least a handful of Gilded Age or Progressive Era captains of industry…
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Talking About Women’s History: Four Questions and an Answer with Stacy Cordery
I am delighted to have Stacy Cordery back for another round of three, or in this case four, questions and an answer. At Iowa State University, Stacy A. Cordery is a professor of History and the department’s Director of Undergraduate Studies. In addition to the modern U.S. survey, she teaches the Gilded Age, the History…
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