In August 1895, a ship docks in San Francisco carrying a cook named Wong Kim Ark — born in that very city, armed with an airtight certificate proving it. The customs collector refuses to let Read more
In the spring of 1966, inside a rented office space in New York City that smelled like cigarette smoke and mimeograph ink, a cadre of people worked for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), pronounced Read more
In 1954, the United States Supreme Court released one of its most important and revolutionary rulings: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas, usually better known as Brown v. Board. The ruling overturned the Read more
In 1590, the king of Scotland fomented a witch hunt in North Berwick, implicating as many as 200 people, convicting 70, and executing as many as 50. He participated in the “questioning” of the accused, Read more
When we tell the story of AIDS— and we tell it more often now, in films and museums and classrooms— we tend to tell it as a story about gay men. And of course it Read more
Today, in our last episode of our Cold War series, we are exploring the Cold War roots of the modern conservative movement. We’ll trace the arc of the grassroots movement from the 1950s up to Read more
Associate Teaching Professor of History at University at Buffalo. Author of Bodies in Blue. Executive Editor at Nursing Clio. Writes about disability and the American Civil War. Has participated in Civil War reenactments, and still has the petticoats to prove it.
Assistant Professor of History at St. Leo University, former ACLS Fellow/Project Lead of ASU's Journal of the Plague Year. Studies lactating women for hire in the Atlantic world during the Revolutionary era. Unhealthy obsession with true crime podcasts.
Assistant Professor of History at SUNY Brockport. Inaugural Dr. Virginia Radley SUNY Fellow. Writes about Progressive Era women and the formation of the welfare state in the US. Author of Sentimental State. Texas native who married her tattoo artist (not just for the free tattoos).
