Gertrude Whitney–A Guest Post by Rebecca Bratspies

  Rebecca Bratspies is a longtime resident of Astoria Queens. When not geeking out about New York City history, she is a Professor at CUNY School of Law, where she is the founding director of the Center for Urban Environmental Reform. A scholar of environmental justice, and human rights, Rebecca has written scores of law…

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Talking About Women’s History Month: Three Questions and an Answer with Cathy Curtis

I’m pleased to start off this year’s Women’s History Month series with Three Questions and an Answer with biographer Cathy Curtis. Cathy is a former Los Angeles Times staff writer with degrees from Smith College and the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of three recent biographies of twentieth-century artists—Restless Ambition: Grace Hartigan, Painter;…

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