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In Dependence

Examines the role of the American Revolution in the everyday lives of womenPatriarchal forces of law, finance, and social custom restricted women’s rights ...

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Call For Proposals: Conference on Families in Early American and Atlantic Worlds April 15-17, 2027 Hosted by the John Carter Brown Library (Co-chairs Julie Hardwick and Karin Wulf) Details at: forms.gle/QWcB23XGbwu6...

Everything is STILL gender

Oh absolutely (proud)

"Ours is a beautiful, ancient craft essential for any society's needs for self-understanding. We are equipped with a host of modern methods, but guided ethically by very old rules that no authoritarian political project ought to be allowed to profane." www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbz2...

WATCH: David Blight makes opening statement in hearing on how Smithsonian presents history

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Congratulations to Lauren Duval winner of The Mary Kelley Prize in Gender & Women’s History for The Home Front: Revolutionary Households, Military Occupation, and the Making of American Independence. (@uncpress.bsky.social)

IT HAS ALL ALWAYS BEEN GENDER. Yes this is the third time I’ve reposted this but IT HAS ALWAYS ALLLLL BEEN GENDER ALL OF IT ALL THE WAY DOWN.

Matthew Gault@mjgault.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Hegseth announced they're gonna start screening for T and administering testosterone treatment for warriors found wanting

The news is an absolute dumpster fire so I am clutching tightly to the prospect of a Philly Phanatic documentary

Philadelphia Inquirer@inquirer.com · 2mo ago

Burgoyne, who is participating in his 30th All-Star Game, needed some convincing to peel back the curtain for a documentary expected to premiere later this year about the mascot he brings to life every summer.

I really need people to understand that being shitty to women is not separate from a person's politics. Contempt for those seen as weaker, resentment towards people who get something you think you're entitled to, using power to dominate or intimidate—these are the foundations of someone's"politics."

let this be a lesson to deal with your feelings of gender anxiety and masculine inadequacy with a hobby or therapy or something and not a high stakes senate election

Rant thread incoming. I have been thinking about this for days now and I am so mad about it on your behalf, Rachel. First, your book is incredible and I assign parts of it or your article almost every semester...

Rachel Hope Cleves@rachelcleves.bsky.social · 2mo ago

An open letter, to readers, about Charity and Sylvia. I am very pained to feel the need to write this. #queerhistory #pride

"It is now de rigueur for federal judges to 'do history' via originialsm or textualism. But the craft of history involves years of reading and immersing oneself in the secondary and primary literature, which a law degree doesn’t train for and the haste of writing an opinion does not allow."

Anna O. Law@unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This is my lane. I went through the 194 Trump v Barbara opinion from yesterday section by section, noting what they got right about US migration and citizenship history, and what the dissents get wrong. Please share if you think it is helpful to others.

Wrote a little thing about why expanding the number of justices is a time honored tradition* that used to facilitate the Supreme Court’s legitimacy for @inquirer.com (gift link!) *not sure about this headline, though—folks often used “court packing” as an epithet even in the 19th c.

Supreme Court “packing” isn’t radical. It has deep roots in American legal tradition.

In the 19th century, Americans expected Supreme Court justices to represent and even travel around circuits and engage with citizens. Staying in D.C. is a more recent development.

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I say it again and again: Because we don’t learn the real history of this country, we do not understand what this country is capable of. After 1870, 22 Black men served in Congress. By 1901, because of racist SCOTUS rulings, electoral coups and election cheating and violence, there were none.

all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant

Agree; it’s heartening to see @inquirer.com meeting the moment while serving the best city in the world. I’m really excited to share that Made by History is partnering with @inquirer.com & will be publishing again soon. Historians, pitch us at madebyhistory@inquirer.com.

Jared Cram@jscram3254.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Proof again that who owns the media matters. The @inquirer.com is one of the few major American papers meeting the moment. They don’t shy away from being honest about what Trump is doing and how unhinged he is. share.inquirer.com/oTwgKn

“The Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Budget proposes to eliminate the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and provides $38 million to conduct an orderly shutdown of the Agency.” — NEH.gov The NEH has $207 million for FY2026. War in Iran? 1 billion per day. We go through 4.83 NEHs a day for what?

🗃️ Super excited to share that we’re hiring at the Adams Papers, come work with us! @mhs1791.bsky.social www.masshist.org/admin/upload...

I don't see this said enough: the widespread use of generative AI is not only making our jobs as educators harder logistically, but also emotionally. It is genuinely sad to be suspicious of students when you have spent so much time building a pedagogy based on trust and not being a cop. It sucks.

Happy The Ladies Will Foment A Rebellion Day to all who celebrate (Remember the Ladies day is so 250 years ago). Taken on my morning run around the Charles today!

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In Dependence

Examines the role of the American Revolution in the everyday lives of womenPatriarchal forces of law, finance, and social custom restricted women’s rights ...

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My contribution to “Feminist 250” @msmagazine.com is live! #womenshistorymonth The Radical Potential of Traditional Femininity  msmagazine.com/2026/03/19/t...

The Radical Potential of Traditional Femininity

In the 1700s and 1800s in the U.S., women were presumed to be subordinate to men: naturally helpless, emotional, vulnerable. Reading through the thousands of petitions submitted by revolutionary-era...

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After my brown bag lecture at the GWPL today, I got to take a look at some of the Washingtons’ belongings which they purchased from China. Fun day!

For #WomensHistoryMonth, check out Lorri Glover's #2025SHA presidential address in the February 2026 JSH: "Reimagining the American Revolution: Southern Women's Wars for Independence" muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

Thrilled to contribute to this series! My essay, "The Radical Potential of Traditional Femininity," drops March 19th! America's Founding Feminists: Rewriting America’s Origin Story msmagazine.com/2026/03/02/f...

America's Founding Feminists: Rewriting America’s Origin Story

On America’s 250th anniversary, Ms.' Founding Feminists centers the women whose words, labor and resistance built—and keep rebuilding—democracy.

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This is why in higher education you should not let your curriculum be driven by 'demand.' You need give students the precious opportunity to discover the things they don't already know they will be excited about.

Rohan Maitzen@rohanmaitzen.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I met with a student today who said Great Expectations had completely changed their mind about 'old books' which they had always assumed would be unexciting. "It wasn't boring at all!" I love that - and also that is one of the reasons 'survey' courses are great.