We worked together beautifully on these pieces! #WomenAlsoKnowHistory Huge thanks to @profmytheli.bsky.social, Lynn Thomas, Sarah Mellors-Rodriguez, and Tasha Kimball for their brilliance! Please read out intro to Traveling Histories of Abortion for #HistoryLab

Just finished up The Gray House. Very much enjoyed. Appreciate having read Liz Varon’s book Southern Lady, Yankee Spy for context, and hat tip to @christyscoleman.bsky.social’s work as historical consultant. Brava!! #womenalsoknowhistory @womenknowhistory.bsky.social

Celebrating Scholars Who Illuminate Women’s History Graduate Center faculty, students, and alumni create art and scholarly works that offer fresh takes on topics from abortion to the legacy of Martha Graham.

I was thrilled to be included in this roundup of work on women's history @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social #lifewriting #womenalsoknowhistory

Monstrous Science: How the Yeti gets research funded | Vanessa Heggie In a Halloween special Vanessa Heggie tells a surprising story about the Yeti’s role in funding modern science, with a guest appearance by James Bond and some missing plutonium

TIL there is a new Yeti movie out this year! This is a heads up that if anyone wants me to talk about actual real yeti hunts (in the hImalaya rather than alaska, obvs) by Edmund Hilary et al, I am available for popsci pophistory chats
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Please send us any photos you have of past IFRWH events! We'd love to show them off as part of our anniversary celebrations 🥰 Please share widely #HistWomen #GenderHist #WomenAlsoKnowHistory

a little girl is laughing with her fist in the air while wearing a vest and tie . ALT: a little girl is laughing with her fist in the air while wearing a vest and tie .

The historiography of the Declaration of Independence is absolutely dominated by men

Which is why it is particularly cool that my book will be the first to be both written *and* blurbed by all female historians

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Striking though how few women authors are recommended. #WomenAlsoKnowHistory

Indeed. #womenalsoknowhistory

The Best History Books of 2025 - B&N Reads Remember why history matters and let the past teach you about how people lived, fought for change and evolved. These are the best history books of 2025.

Barnes & Noble has managed to put together a list of 23 "best" history books of 2025, 4.5 of which are authored by women. www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/the-bes...

#womenalsoknowhistory <-- sometimes I think we don't need this hashtag anymore, and then I realize I'm very wrong.

Out Now!

Risk and Resistance: How Feminists Transformed the Law and Science of AIDS by @azizaahmed.bsky.social

#WomenAlsoKnowHistory 🗃️ 🗺️ #LawSky 📚

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"Corrects the historical record, rewriting women and crucial, feminist activism into the folds of a devastating era in global history."

Risk and Resistance: How Feminists Transformed the Law and Science of AIDS by @azizaahmed.bsky.social

#WomenAlsoKnowHistory 🗃️ 🗺️ #LawSky 📚

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Why We Need Historical Fiction Written by Women - Women Writers, Women's Books : Women Writers, Women's Books by Patricia Furstenberg While I wrote When Secrets Bloom I asked myself, what happens when women take history into their own hands, pen first? In this deeply personal post, I explore why historical fiction written by women matters more than ever, especially when it brings to light forgotten voices from war and the medieval past. […]

So excited to share with you my thoughts on
Why We Need Historical Fiction Written by Women - go.shr.lc/4m7ZAFs with thanks to Barbara
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What's the course? A survey? A particular theme? I'd add (at the very least) "A Black Women's History of the United States" (Daina Ramey Berry & Kali Nicole Gross) and "Asian American Histories of the United States" (Catherine Ceniza Choy) .... #womenalsoknowhistory

This is poster for a book prize submission with a deadline of July 1. For more information: westernwomenshistory.org

Friends! If you know of books who may qualify for this prize, SIGN THEM UP!!! deadline is July 1!
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We LOVE hearing stories liker this! #WomenAlsoKnowHistory

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Happy Pride Month from Women Also Know History! We're so grateful for the LGBTQIA+ scholars who enrich our profession, our community, and our understanding of the past, this month and every month. #WomenAlsoKnowHistory #HistoryBeyondTheBinary

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Time to revamp my "Women and Power: Cleopatra to Thatcher" grad readings course (focus on Europe). Looking for books that have worked well, especially outside my medieval field but those suggestions welcomed too. Doesn't have to be rulers. Thanks! #royalstudies, #medieval, #womenalsoknowhistory.

‘It reminds you of a fascist state’: Smithsonian Institution braces for Trump rewrite of US history Normally staid historians sound alarm at authoritarian grasping for control of the premier US museum complex

all of the men quoted in this article make great points! 👀 #womenalsoknowhistory #epeciallynow

Women Also Know History Expert Historians. Women Also Know History is a media and curriculum tool for promoting and connecting the work of professional women historians to other scholars, journalists, and anyone looking to l...

Zum #WomensHistoryMonth heute der Hinweis auf wichtige Verbände & Vereine der Frauen*- & #GeschlechterGeschichte / #GenderHist (6/x): Das Expert*innennetzwerk #WomenAlsoKnowHistory: womenalsoknowhistory.com

While #CivilizationVII appears to have amazing gameplay, I was deeply disappointed the opening narration, featuring a widely ethnically & culturally diverse variety of farmers, warriors, merchants, & sailors, depicts at most 1 clear woman & almost no ethnically African folks. #WomenAlsoKnowHistory

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Happy #InternationalWomensDay to our board chair, museum director, and museum visitor services expert. #womenalsoknowhistory #womeninmuseums

Happy Friday, historians! In honor of Women's History Month, let's do another introductions thread. Say howdy in the comments and let us know who you are, your area of expertise, and what's on your reading list this weekend! #WomenAlsoKnowHistory #HistoryBeyondTheBinary #WomensHistoryMonth

#BlackHistoryMonth #WomenAlsoKnowHistory #HistoryBeyondTheBinary

To Battle ‘Woke,’ DOJ ‘Suspends’ Black, Womens History Months In order to combat the scourge of “DEI,” the DOJ yesterday indefinitely...

Crowdsourcing - does anyone know how to get a copy of this Office of Personnel Management memo that 'suspends' Black History month and Women's History month? #womenshistory #womenalsoknowhistory #skystorians
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Inquiring minds want to know! (me hehe)
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Good morning and Happy Monday, historians! What are you reading this week? #WomenAlsoKnowHistory #HistoryBeyondTheBinary

Happen to spot your book or a colleague's book out in the wild? Bringing your recent publication to a conference? Snap a pic and tag us or share it in the responses below! #WomenAlsoKnowHistory #HistoryBeyondTheBinary

If you're attending the #AHA2025, please consider stopping by my panel at 3:30 today on transnational networks in 19th c Italian history. My paper focuses on anti-Catholic rhetoric in the feminist campaign against state-regulated prostitution in Britain, France, and Italy. #womenalsoknowhistory

Happy New Year, Historians! Have a goal or intention for 2025 you'd like to share? A publication coming in the new year? Let us know in the responses! #WomenAlsoKnowHistory #HistoryBeyondTheBinary