History
Post Easter discussion on American Women’s Catholic History
Since I’m too lazy busy to come up with a blog post of my own right now, I’ll refer KC readers to a fascinating discussion over at Historiann. I commented on the issue of anti-Catholicism in the academy. Having spent most of my life in New England, and my entire career teaching at a state [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Sunday Sermon, Women’s History Style
Today at Trinity Collinsville we had a guest sermon by our bishop suffragan, the Rt. Rev. Laura Ahrens [the audio file of the sermon should be up in a few days). She started the sermon by talking about the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in 1911, the worst industrial disaster in U.S. history up that [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )History Matters: Final Installment
The final installment of the discussion of History Matters featuring a reply by author Judith Bennett. Now that I’ve (finally) finished the book I’ll admit I was a bit hasty in making my “golden age” comment. Still, my overall reaction to the book was rather “meh.” I learned a lot about medieval women’s history, but I [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Women’s History Book Club: History Matters Part II
Part II of the discussion of Judith Bennett’s History Matters is now up at Historiann. I’ve only read the first few chapters of the book, so don’t feel like I can comment on the work as a whole. What I will say is that Bennett, while criticizing historians who presume a premodern “golden age” [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Celebrate International Women’s Day
Today is International Women’s Day. Here is the official website. For more on the origins of IWD and National Women’s History Month, go to the National Women’s History Project. They also have sent out the following proclamation from President Obama:
Presidential Proclamation on Women’s History Month
Obama pays tribute to women who helped preserve, protect the environment
THE [...]
Women’s History Month Blogfest: Book Discussion of Judith Bennett’s History Matters
Several of my feminist blogger colleagues have decided to host a blog-based discussion of Judith Bennett’s book History Matters: Patriarchy and the Challenge of Feminism (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006.) Each Monday in the month of March, one of them will write a post to her blog and each will comment on [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Black History Month (satire)
Edge of the American West referred me to postbourgie’s satirical series for Black History Month, “Know Your History.”
Here is the entry for the sole female in the group, Whoopi Goldberg:
“Born Caryn Elaine Johnson in 1955, Whoopi Goldberg rose to fame in the acting world, becoming the second black woman to win an Academy Award for [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Why I’m not at the AHA
Both Historiann and Tenured Radical have posts about this weekend’s annual meeting of the American Historical Association. Although the conference is practically next door in NYC, I’m not attending, for a number of reasons, including but not limited to the following:
1. I just got back from a week in Ireland and am too tired and [...]
Taking the Piss?
Hi again folks. Ortho over at Baudrillard’s Bastard has asked for help with the question, what’s with all the pissing dogs in various pro/anti Revolution images from the late 18th century. I’ve used the engraving above several times in classes, but never noticed the dog was peeing. Not being a colonial historian, my only guess [...]
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