From the Archives: Word With a Past: Mausoleum

Among other things, I’m currently working on the story of Artemisia II, the widowed queen in the story below.  I’m ashamed to realized that I did not mention her by name:  my own small contribution to erasing women from history. (I’ve corrected that in this re-run.) While we don’t know a great deal about Queen…

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Shoot Like A Girl Is A Compliment

  As anyone who’s been hanging out here in the Margins knows, I’m working on a global history of women warriors.  I’m looking at examples from across the globe, from the ancient world through the twentieth century.  Looking at their stories in the context of women in the modern American military–or maybe looking at women in…

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Eyewitness to Pearl Harbor

Tomorrow is the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.  Commemorative posts have already begun to fill the parts of the internet where history buffs hang out.  I suspect that you know the story.  I’m sure you know the historical consequences.  I’m not going to rehash the big picture.  Instead I’d like to share…

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