From the Archives: Running From Bondage: A Q & A with Dr. Karen Cook

As Juneteenth and America 250 intersect, I’m returning to a book and an interview that led me to think about the American Revolution from the perspective of enslaved women perspective. It changed some of the ways I thought about the freedom, slavery, and the formation of my country. 🇺🇸  🇺🇸  🇺🇸. 🇺🇸. 🇺🇸 It is…

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From the Archives: Bessie Beatty and the Red Heart of Russia

A post form 2022 for your amusement while I catch up on the things that piled up during Women’s History Month.  New posts soon, I promise! *** I was recently digging about in the history of women’s magazines in the early twentieth century when I came across a familiar name: Bessie Beatty. I knew Beatty’s…

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Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists

Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women’s Fight for Their Rights, written by Mikki Kendall,  author of Hood Feminism, and illustrated by A. D’Amico, is the perfect book to bridge the gap between Black History Month and Women’s History Month. The book starts with a diverse group of young women discussing the question…

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