Sharon Folkenroth Hess

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Sharon Folkenroth Hess is an M.A. student in American History and Museum Studies at the University of Delaware. Her research focuses on Pennsylvania German immigrant foodways and religion and beer production in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

MeToo

The Stain of Slavery is Silencing Sexual Violence Against Black and Brown Women

By Sharon Folkenroth Hess • April 17, 2018

I am an American woman who has never experienced sexual assault, rape, or coercion. Bully for me, right? This detail of my life is only notable because, among women in this county, I am in the minority. The Department of Justice reported in 2015 that there was an average of 321,500 reported cases of sexual… Read more →