May Question of the Month
Call for Editors: Question of the Month Series
Dear H-Nationalism Subscribers,
Re: April Question of the Month
Alice Walker's In Search of our Mothers' Gardens and Carolyn Heilbrun's Writing a Woman's Life, both texts became lifesavers for me in the late 1980s and early 90s as I researched and wrote a historical biography of my maternal grandmother (a poet, Drama & English teacher), for my master's thesis in Liberal Studies.
Re: April Question of the Month
Professor Gay Gullickson at the University of Maryland showed how most historical narratives could be challenged simply by asking, "What about the women?" I'm grateful for her insights and example while I was a student at UM in the 1980s and 1990s.
Re: April Question of the Month
Responses from Twitter:
Stephanie Richmond @profrichmond said: Mary Beth Norton’s Liberty’s Daughters in undergrad. Someday I will go back and write about Jemima Warner.
Anya Jabour @anya_jabour said: Laurel Ulrich’s Midwife’s Tale
Jean Stuntz @jeanastuntz said: Catherine Clinton, the Plantation Mistress
Kritalyn Marie Shefveland @kristalynmarie said: @ProfGidlow (Liette Gidlow) inspired me as an undergrad, although it took me a long while to realize how important it was
Shannon Frystak @luvbourbon said: Paula Giddings—When and Where I Enter
Re: April Question of the Month
Joan Jensen’s Loosening the Bonds.
April Question of the Month
What book, historian, or historical actor inspired you to study women's history?
March Question of the Month
Re: February Question of the Month
From Dr. Jean A. Stuntz, via Twitter (@JeanAStuntz):
The SAWH allowed me to meet scholars across the country. These scholars have been role models and mentors, book editors and collaborators. Now I see the new generation's work and I am relieved that they will carry on this wonderful tradition of scholarship and mentorship.
