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The Insanity Trial of Mary Lincoln

How the self-proclaimed "First Widow" used her celebrity to influence public opinion.

by Alexis Coe via Study Marry Kill on November 23, 2021

A witch's hat and crooked stick, with the words "rags to witches"

Has Witch City Lost Its Way?

They’re hip, business-savvy, and know how to cast a spell: How a new generation of witches and warlocks selling $300 wands conquered Salem.

by Kathryn Miles via Boston Magazine on October 22, 2021

A three panel image of Carrie Buck, Britney Spears, and Ann Cooper Hewitt.

Britney Spears, Carrie Buck and the Awful History of Controlling ‘Unfit’ Women

Behind Britney Spears's struggle to regain control of her fortune and her medical decisions is a long history of robbing women of basic freedoms.

by Gillian Brockell via Retropolis on September 30, 2021

Residents of Marja returning to their village on motorcycles

The Lie of Nation Building

From the very beginning, the problem with the US involvement in Afghanistan lay essentially in the deficits in American democracy.

by Fintan O’Toole via New York Review of Books on September 8, 2021

Image from front cover of Bad Faith.

The Evangelical Abortion Myth

The rhetoric about abortion being the catalyst for the rise of the Religious Right collapses under scrutiny.

by Randall Balmer via Religion Dispatches on August 30, 2021

A bullet whose path makes an audio file.

What I Learned While Eavesdropping on the Taliban

I spent 600 hours listening in on the people who now run Afghanistan. It wasn’t until the end of my tour that I understood what they were telling me.

by Ian Fritz via The Atlantic on August 19, 2021

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass and the Trouble with Critical Race Theory

A favorite icon of critical race theory proponents doesn’t say what they want him to say.

by Robert S. Levine via Los Angeles Review of Books on August 2, 2021

Newspaper headline stating "Mrs. Sarah Corleto to become nurse"

How an Embalming License Freed Sarah Corleto from an Abusive Husband

She used her work to live an autonomous life in a time when women were often trapped by socially constructed gender roles and systematic oppression.

by Kami Fletcher via Rad Death Blog on July 1, 2021

Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act with Frances Perkins behind him.

The Woman Who Helped a President Change America During His First 100 Days

Frances Perkins was the first female Cabinet secretary in U.S. history, paving the way for the record number of women serving in President Biden’s Cabinet.

by Ronald G. Shafer via Washington Post on March 14, 2021

Protesters holding signs in support of ending Britney Spear's conservatorship

Britney Spears’s Plight Reflects a Long History of Men Controlling Women Stars

Since the 19th century, men have served as gatekeepers in the entertainment industry, controlling women’s careers.

by Sara Lampert via Made By History on February 24, 2021

Veteran and militia during 1919 Chicago Race Riot

Rereading 'Darkwater'

W.E.B. DuBois, 100 years ago.

by Chad Williams via National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) on February 22, 2021

A Record Number of Women Are Serving in the 117th Congress

Since Jeannette Rankin was elected in 1916, 352 women have served in the House and 46 in the Senate. About two-thirds entered Congress during or after the 1990s.

by Drew DeSilver, Carrie Blazina via Pew Research Center on January 15, 2021

Erie Canal historical marker

The ‘Psychic Highway’ that Carried the Puritans’ Social Crusade Westward

Elements of the Puritans’ unique worldview were handed down for generations and were carried westward by their descendants, the people we call Yankees.

by Gregory Rodriguez via Contra Mundum on November 22, 2020

The Forgotten Feminists of the Backlash Decade

The activists of the 1990s worked so diligently that they were written out of history.

by Maggie Doherty via The New Republic on September 24, 2020

Poster featuring a red fist and text "Women Unite"

What Was Women’s Liberation?

The short-lived radical movement within feminism has gotten a bad reputation for centering white women's experiences. Is that deserved?

by Livia Gershon, Sara Evans via JSTOR Daily on September 11, 2020

Women around a table of papers and forms, with a League of Women Voters banner on the wall.

What the First Women Voters Experienced When Registering for the 1920 Election

The process varied by state, with some making accommodations for the new voting bloc and others creating additional obstacles.

by Meilan Solly via Smithsonian on July 30, 2020

The US Suffragette Movement Tried to Leave Out Black Women. They Showed Up Anyway

Racism and sexism were bound together in the fight to vote – and Black women made it clear they would never cede the question of their voting rights to others.

by Martha S. Jones via The Guardian on July 7, 2020

Can Feminist Manifestoes of the Past Wake Us Up Today?

A conversation with Breanne Fahs on the lasting lessons of women's anger.

by Soraya Chemaly, Breanne Fah via Literary Hub on March 24, 2020

Significant Life Event

How midlife crises—and menopause—came to be defined by the experience of men.

by Susanne Schmidt via Lapham’s Quarterly on March 16, 2020

The candidates for Miss America 2020 walk in dresses and heels.

Why We Should Say Goodbye to the Miss America Pageant

The event originally borrowed sashes and pageantry from suffragists — whose vision for women we should honor instead.

by Kimberly A. Hamlin via Made By History on December 19, 2019

Writing the History of Capitalism with Class

The "new history of capitalism" cuts class politics at the expense of history.

by Thomas Jessen Adams via Nonsite on September 9, 2019

Abortion's Past

Before Roe, abortion providers operated on the margins of medicine. They still do.

by Maureen Paul via Boston Review on May 16, 2019

Sandra Day O'Connor

How the Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Helped Preserve Abortion Rights

When Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O’Connor to be the first woman on the Supreme Court, her views on abortion became a source of intense speculation.

by Evan Thomas via The New Yorker on March 27, 2019

Mug shot of a woman in the Jane Collective.

Abortion Was Illegal. This Secret Group Defied the Law.

We tell the story of the Jane Collective, which provided thousands of illegal abortions fin Chicago rom 1969 to 1973, before Roe v. Wade.

via Retro Report on October 14, 2018

Known Unknowns

The elusive meaning of privacy in America.

by Katrina Forrester via Harper's on September 1, 2018

Abortion in Pre-Roe South Carolina

Uncovering Charleston's "backstreet" abortion networks.

by Cara Delay, Cora Webb, Regina Day, Madeleine Ware via Nursing Clio on April 11, 2018

A Brief History of Women’s Figure Skating

You might be surprised to learn that this sport where women now shine was initially seen as solely the purview of male athletes

by Kat Eschner via Smithsonian on February 6, 2018

The Husband Stitch Isn’t Just a Horrifying Childbirth Myth

When repairing tearing from birth, some providers put in an extra stitch “for daddy,” with painful consequences for women.

by Carrie Murphy via Healthline on January 24, 2018

Rosie the Riveter "We Can Do It" poster.

Everyone Was Wrong About the Real 'Rosie the Riveter’ for Decades

Here's how the mystery of her true identity was solved.

by James J. Kimble via TIME on January 23, 2018

Roe v. Wade Lawyer 'Amazed' Americans Still Fighting Over Abortion

On the 45th anniversary of the famous decision, Sarah Weddington reflects on what has – and hasn't – changed.

by Sarah Weddington, Olivia B. Waxman via TIME on January 20, 2018

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