Alison Clark Efford

Alison Clark Efford

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Alison Clark Efford is an associate professor of history at Marquette University who specializes in immigration to the United States. Most recently, she has published a co-edited book, Radical Relationships: The Civil War–Era Correspondence of Mathilde Franziska Anneke, with Viktorija Bilic. She enjoys community-engaged teaching and is currently excited about projects on German American women’s strength training around 1900 and, separately, suicide and immigrant emotions.

History

Pandemic Parenting and the Lessons of Nineteenth-Century Romantic Friendship

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When Mathilde Franziska Anneke and Mary Booth found their lives crumbling in 1860, they packed up their three youngest children and moved from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Zürich, Switzerland.[1] Mathilde and Mary were unusual. It was not common for two women to raise children together and leave a record of their intense affection for one another…. Read more →