Posts Tagged ‘women’s history’
Talking About Women’s History: A Bunch of Questions and an Answer with Jennifer Banning Tomás
Jennifer Banning Tomás is a professor of history at Piedmont Virginia Community College. Her teaching and research center on 19th and 20th century American social, political, and cultural history; women, gender, and race; civic activism and social movements; the historical profession and higher education. She has published scholarly journal articles, encyclopedia articles and book reviews,…
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Talking About Women’s History: A Whole Lot of Questions and an Answer with Allison Tyra
Allison Tyra is the creator of Infinite Women, an online biographical database launched in 2020 that has grown to include more than 9,000 women’s stories from around the world, throughout history and across different areas of impact. She launched the weekly podcast of the same name in 2023 and also makes short-form videos for YouTube.…
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I’ve been fascinated by the women reformers and activists of the Progressive Era for a long time. They are some of my favorite historical shin-kickers.[1] They made the world a safer, better place for women, children, blue collar workers, and immigrants, often at great personal cost. I’ve been thinking about them a lot lately. Which…
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