Children, Family History, history, Oral History, Women, women's history
Family and women’s history gives kids a foothold in history. Kids see their role within a larger context, and learn the value of their actions and contributions. Telling a kids’ bedtime story using family & women’s history can really get kids...
archives, black history, Family History, history, lgbtq history, Racism, women's history
Understanding Structural Racism in Making History. You can intervene. American history forgets — it has a solid way of weeding out victories and progress achieved by non-dominant groups. A chain of historical events built structures that disallow diversity in...
I spent 18 years as “archivist and senior research scholar” at an academic science library, actively trying to add women to the historical record and looking for the women who were already included almost accidentally. I have degrees in women’s history and cultural theory — the latter means that I see the cultural value of everyday practices such as food, clothing, hobbies, and domestic arrangements. Non-famous people matter.