Women’s History Month
Kicking off Women’s History Month a Day Early with Four Questions and an Answer with Amy Reading
In case you missed the memo, or got a memo that says otherwise, March is Women’s History Month. We’re going to celebrate here in the Margins the same way we’ve celebrated for the last six (!) years, with a series of mini-interviews with people who write about or otherwise work with women’s history. Unlike the…
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Thinking About Women’s History, or Herstory if You Prefer
It is the time of year when I spend even more time than usual thinking about women’s history: What does it look like? What does it mean? How do we incorporate women into public history with the goal of making it so mainstream that it no longer needs a qualifier? Who is doing interesting work…
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Women’s History Month is Over. What Next?
I always greet the end of Women’s History month with mixed feelings. On the one hand, I am sorry for the fun to end. All through March, everywhere I go on the internet someone is posting something interesting about women whose stories need to be told or sharing their own introduction to women’s history,…
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