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Celebrating Archival Research & Re-examining Women’s History
Lance and I went to a wonderful talk at the University of Tampa last Friday. Kacy Tillman presented “The Epistolary Salon: Female Letter-Writing during the American Revolution.” She argued that writing letters was a way for the 18th century American female to engage in the American Revolution at a time when they could not fight, vote or legislate. I found it interesting how much of the material in the letters sounded like journalism. Her talk was also a reminder that women’s history and the role of women in the public sphere is more complex than previous historians have written. Kacy described some wonderful finds in archives such as notes in…
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New Marjorie Paxson Image
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Tampa Bay History Journal Article: Anne Rowe
The article that Lance & I wrote for the Tampa Bay History Journal is out. In the article, we explain the role of women’s page journalist Anne Rowe and how she transformed her section to a more progressive one.
A website devoted to the history of newspaper women's pages
