What’s her Name: A History of the World in 80 Lost Women

What’s Her Name: A History of the World in 80 Lost Women is exactly the book I would have expected from the creators of the popular  What’sHerName podcast. Olivia Meikle and Katie Nelson not only tell the stories of forgotten women with their trademark combination of wit, enthusiasm and rock-solid research, they use those stories…

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Talking About Women’s History: Three Questions and an Answer with Melissa Estes Blair

Melissa Estes Blair is an associate professor and department chair of history at Auburn University in Auburn, AL. She received her Ph.D from the University of Virginia, and her B.A. from the University of Kentucky. Her research focuses on women and politics in the twentieth-century United States. Her first book, Revolutionizing Expectations: Women’s Organizations, Feminism,…

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Talking About Women’s History: Three Questions and an Answer with Diana Parsell

Diana Parsell is a writer, editor, and former journalist in the Washington, D.C., area. She has worked for publications and websites including National Geographic and The Washington Post, and for science organizations in Washington and Southeast Asia. A graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and Johns Hopkins University’s M.A. program in nonfiction…

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