On September 30, 2019, medieval historian Ruth Karras launched a poll on Twitter. “What medieval woman should I nominate,” she […]
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On September 30, 2019, medieval historian Ruth Karras launched a poll on Twitter. “What medieval woman should I nominate,” she […]
When I was young, I was obsessed with Unsolved Mysteries. While not typically a “go-to” show for an eight-year-old, my […]
Joan Didion, Again “Many people I know in Los Angeles believe that the Sixties ended abruptly on August 9, 1969.” […]
It was one of the coldest January days in recent memory, but that didn’t seem to deter the crowds inside […]
Think back on any syllabi of the First World War and the literature represented in it. For me, those titles […]
With the abdication today of the Japanese emperor, Akihito, and the passage of the throne to his son, talk has […]
A woman arrives in a small American town at Christmas time. Possibly her car has broken down, or she’s there […]
In her new book Governing Bodies: American Politics and the Shaping of the Modern Physique, historian Rachel Louise Moran examines […]
In a 1918 article about aid programs for refugee women and children in Italy, Ernesta Fasciotti recalled an encounter with […]
In February 1819, the Caswell County Superior Court in North Carolina tried three white women for infanticide. At issue was […]