Twentieth Century
Talking About Women’s History: Three Questions and an Answer with Lisa Levenstein
I discovered historian Lisa Levenstein while listening to one of my favorite writing podcasts. (#AmWriting with Jess and K.J. for anyone who’s interested.) Her work sounded fascinating. As soon as the podcast was over, I did a little research, decided that her work sounded even more fascinating than I originally thought, and immediately sent her…
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Two WASP Pilots Show the Men How It’s Done: A Guest Post by Jack French
One of the great pleasures of writing History in the Margins is the opportunity to carry on conversations with readers “off the page.” I love it when one of you expands the story with additional information or gently corrects me when I go astray. Long-time reader Jack French occasionally takes it one step further and…
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Talking About Women’s History: Three Questions and an Answer with Kathleen C. Stone
When Kathleen Stone mentioned They Called Us Girls as the possible title for her upcoming book about women professionals in the mid-twentieth century to a group of us who are all writing biographies of women, the response was a unanimous “yes!”. Kathleen studied art history in college, went to law school and now is a…
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