gender

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  7/14/19
  

  A female historian wrote a book. Two male historians went on NPR to talk about it. They never mentioned her name. It’s Sarah Milov.

  They have tenure. She does not.

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• SOURCE: Atlantic Journal-Constitution
  6/7/19
  

  Enhancing the historical record is scholars’ foremost task

  by David Garrow

  David Garrow defends his recent controversial article about Martin Luther King, Jr. 

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• SOURCE: The Bulwark
  5/30/19
  

  What Are We Supposed to Think of Martin Luther King Jr. Now?

  by Rod Radosh

  Some thought Garrow should keep his discoveries under wraps, but it is the job of the historian to tell the truth. 

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  6/8/19
  

  A historian's claims about Martin Luther King are shocking – and irresponsible

  by Donna Murch

  A recent essay claims the civil rights leader was present during a rape, but the evidence is shaky and there’s reason to be skeptical.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  6/1//19
  

  The biggest fight facing the U.S. women’s soccer team isn’t on the field

  by Lindsay Parks Pieper and Tate Royer

  The history of women in sports and the discrimination they have long faced. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  6/12/2019
  

  When American Suffragists Tried to ‘Wear the Pants’

  by Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell

  Starting in the 1850s, proponents of the movement for women’s rights traded their long dresses for bloomers—and paid a heavy social price for it.

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• 6/4/19
  

  How Should Historians Respond to David Garrow's Article on Martin Luther King, Jr.?

  by Andrea S. Johnson

  How can and should historians address the history of gender and sexuality when it intersects with the histories of the civil rights movement, gender, American religion, and the development of the surveillance state?

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  5/23/19
  

  Why nuclear diplomacy needs more women

  by Elena Souris

  Historically, a homogenous group of policymakers make innovation less likely.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  5/4/19
  

  Men Invented ‘Likability.’ Guess Who Benefits.

  by Claire Bond Potter

  It was pushed by Madison Avenue and preached by self-help gurus. Then it entered politics.

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• SOURCE: Quarts
  5/8/19
  

  A Brief History of Women's Fight to Wear Pants

  The reasons that Western societies have devised for barring women from covering each leg individually have often fallen back on appeals to tradition and values. 

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• 5/9/19
  

  Protesting with her Feet: The World’s Fastest Middle-Distance Woman versus Sports Governing Bodies

  by Jeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie

  A deeper look into athletics, gender, and Caster Semenya. 

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• 5/5/19
  

  James Byrd, Jr., John William King, and the History of American Lynching

  by Ashraf H. A. Rushdy

  We need a historical understanding of how lynchg discourse continues to shape America’s enduring “dialogue on race.”  

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• SOURCE: Politico
  3/8/19
  

  Historians Keisha N. Blain and Daina Ramey Berry Featured in Politico Article on the Biggest Problems Women Face Today

  The historians were featured alongside Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Elizabeth Warren, and more. 

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian.com
  Accessed 2/21/19
  

  13 Objects That Begin to Tell The Story of Women's History in America

  Artifacts from the National Museum of American History.

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• 1/20/19
  

  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the History of Dance, Gender, and American Identity

  by Lauren Angel

  Because the act of dancing is fundamentally tied to behavior and appearance, debates about dance have historically been connected to representations of race, gender, and even American national identity.

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• SOURCE: Perspectives on History
  1/3/19
  

  Taking Stock of Gender History at the American Historical Association Annual Meeting 2019

  by Monica L. Mercado

  Why are so many scholars taking stock of gender history and women in the historical profession now?

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• SOURCE: Guardian
  7-7-17
  

  Women are making the classics their own

  by Emily Wilson

  Now, at long last, we are beginning to see an outpouring of translations of Greek and Latin texts by women.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  10-22-16
  

  Trump Recording Narrows Divide on Sexual Assault

  “This is a moment of transition,” said Estelle B. Freedman, a Stanford University historian who studies the evolution of laws and norms surrounding sexual assault.

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• SOURCE: AHA's Perspectives
  10-21-14 (accessed)
  

  The secret of successful history departments

  by Allen Mikaelian

  While a majority of departments in the US have seen falling enrollments, those that feature women's history and other specialities have seen increases.

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• SOURCE: New Republic
  9-17-14
  

  The discovery that complicated the history of sex change operations

  by Alice Robb

  "Eight pages long, with three illustrations of the child’s anatomy, the pamphlet may describe one of the earliest instances of sex-change surgery."