Welcome to H-SHGAPE, the online forum of the Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era and one of the founding networks on H-NET. H-SHGAPE seeks to encourage the study of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era through its network and online resources.
Please contact Chelsea Gibson, H-SHGAPE Network Editor-in-Chief, with questions, comments, or concerns. For book review queries, please contact the H-SHGAPE Book Review Editor, William S. Cossen.
H-SHGAPE was originally developed and maintained by Dr. Patrick Reagan, who deserves credit for assembling its wealth of information. Thanks are also due to Dr. Katherine Osburn (Editor-in-Chief, 2000-2016) and to the numerous GAPE scholars whose contributions in the form of syllabi, bibliographies, essays, and reviews make H-SHGAPE an invaluable resource for students and teachers.
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“Reading to Lead: Women’s Clubs and Reform Work 1850 to 1950”
In keeping with the conference theme “On Leadership,” this panel seeks to explore the intersection between women’s reading habits, particularly in their clubs and associations, and their leadership in reform work, both local and national.
CALL FOR PANELISTS: Organization of American Historians 2016 Annual Conference
Providence, Rhode Island
April 7-10, 2016
Dear all,
The Society for U. S. Intellectual History Annual Book Award
The Society for U. S. Intellectual History announces its Annual Book
Award for the best book in American intellectual history. The book
should be a work of original scholarship. Books eligible for the 2015
award must be published in English in the period between Jan. 1, 2014,
and Dec. 31, 2014. Any member of the Society or publisher may
nominate books for the award. The winner and finalists will be
announced in Summer 2014, receive a $250.00 prize, and participate in
Dear H-SHGAPE Colleagues,
H-SHGAPE is seeking five or six on-line editors for our new platform. Duties are light—mostly you post messages to the discussion site—but we are also interested in people who are media savvy and can post interesting and relevant digital content to the new platform. Ideally, editors work two week editing shifts approximately every 6 to 8 weeks, depending on how many editors are in the rotation. We ask for a two year commitment to the list.
The German Historical Institute is seeking an author for a biographical article on German-born American hotelier George Boldt, who is best known as the proprietor of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
To all SHGAPE members:
The October 2014 issue of the Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, vol. 13, n. 4, should be reaching people about now. Journal subscribers should write if they don't receive their copy soon. The contents are listed below.
We at the Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (SHGAPE) are delighted to announce the official launch of our new website located at: www.shgape.org
A series of guides from the H-Net Help Desk to get started using the new H-Net Commons.
#8: Managing Your Subscriptions
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A series of guides from the H-Net Help Desk to get started using the new H-Net Commons.
#7: Resetting a Password
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In the September 2014 issue of the Indiana Magazine of History, Jeffrey Bourdon takes readers to 1888 Indianapolis and the front porch of presidential candidate Benjamin Harrison.
