The Berkshire Conference of Women Historians was founded in 1930 by Louise Fargo Brown of Vassar College and Louise Ropes Loomis of Wells College.

I earned my doctoral degree in History from the University of Massachusetts in May 2016. As a Research Associate and the Department of History at UMass as a lecturer. I am currently revising my manuscript entitled.

Reflections on Archives and Public History. I would not normally use this blog to comment on an election, but this year it seems different and I feel the need to speak out. Each of them dealt with disappointment and faced the long arc of history with strength, courage and imagination. A friend and colleague shared this one with me from Susan B.

Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, this exciting three-year project lead by Leanne McCormick. In year 2, Leanne Calvert was appointed as PDRA on the project. Finally, the project seeks to discover the criminal activity in which Irishw.

Historian, Curator, Educator. My work covers the period from the late eighteenth century through the ratification of the the Nineteenth Amendment, which granted women the vote, in 1920. Activists used images as political tools to change notions of gender and political womanhood to advance their cause. The neglected child suggests that when women become poli.