Over a decade ago, the publication of Divided Houses ushered in a new field of scholarship on gen...

Until recently, the 'womanless' American history was the norm. But in fact, without a history of ...

Abraham Lincoln is the most revered president in American history, but the woman at the center of...

A lively, comprehensive account of the struggle for women's rights at a vital time in our nationa...

Whether it was planter patriarchs struggling to maintain authority, or Jewish families coerced by...

A British stage star turned Georgia plantation mistress, Fanny Kemble is perhaps best remembered ...

Historians Catherine Clinton and Nina Silber have edited a collection of essays that deal with th...

When Europeans settled in the early South, they quarreled over many things--but few imbroglios we...

Nine killed in Charleston church shooting. White supremacists demonstrate in Charlottesville. Mon...

In Stepdaughters of History, noted scholar Catherine Clinton reflects on the roles of women as hi...

Whether it was planter patriarchs struggling to maintain authority, or Jewish families coerced by...

When Europeans settled in the early South, they quarrelled over many things --- but few imbroglio...