Leaping* Ahead to Women’s History Month

I realize that it is not yet March, but I’m eager to start the conversation about Women’s History Month this month. A lot of us who work in the field of women’s history have mixed feelings about Women’s History Month.** On the one hand, we are pleased to have an excuse to celebrate the achievements…

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Telling Women’s History: Three Questions and an Answer by Karen Abbott

Karen Abbott is the best-selling author of SIN IN THE SECOND CITY, AMERICAN ROSE, and, most recently, LIAR TEMPTRESS SOLDIER SPY, named one of the best books of 2014 by Library Journal, the Christian Science Monitor, and Amazon, and optioned by Sony for a miniseries. Her works to date have looked at women who function at the…

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