Posts Tagged ‘women in the 19th century’
Rebecca Harding Davis: Making Things Real
One of the joys of writing this blog is that when things are going well one post leads to another idea, another story, another question. It feels like my list of possible topics bubbles and fizzes* and I can hardly decide which story to tell you next.** This is one of the times when the…
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Alias Agnes: A Q & A with Elizabeth DeWolfe
I have literally been waiting for years to read Elizabeth De Wolfe’s newest book, Alias Agnes: The Notorious Tale of a Gilded Age Spy. In fact, I was so eager that I pre-ordered it twice. When one of my copies finally gets here, I plan to clear calendar time so I can dive in. To…
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Talking About Women’s History: Three Questions and an Answer with Lydia Moland
Lydia Moland is the author of Lydia Maria Child: A Radical American Life, a biography of one of 19th-century America’s fiercest abolitionists. She is the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Philosophy at Colby College in Maine and the author of books and articles on 19th-century German philosophy. Her work on Lydia Maria…
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