Twentieth Century
Road Trip Through History: The National Museum of the Pacific War
At the end of February, My Own True Love and I spent ten days in Austin, Texas. We were there several years ago for a wedding. Though we managed to squeeze in a little history nerdery,* there was more we wanted to see. We swore we would go back when we had more time.…
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Five Television Milestones We Owe to Irna Phillips, A Guest Post by Alina Adams
Everyone has watched a soap opera. Whether they did it faithfully for multiple decades, went through a phase in high school or college or when home with small children, or just on a sick day when they didn’t have the strength to lift a finger to change channels with their remote control, no one in…
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Talking About Women’s History: A Whole Lot of Questions and an Answer with Emily Van Duyne
I am delighted to end this year’s series of Three Questions and An Answer with a whole bunch of intelligent answers to my questions from Emily Van Duyne. Emily is an associate professor at Stockton University and a 2022 Fulbright Scholar. Her work has appeared in Literary Hub, Women’s Studies Quarterly, Harvard Review, and American…
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