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Check out this new article on the role of women's sports in 1970s feminism, titled Women's Movement: Sport, Feminism, and the Torch Relay of the 1977 National Women's Conference by @Penn_State faculty member Jaime Schultz
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ALT Inauguration of the 1977 National Women's Conference. Photograph by Diana Mara Henry.
Issue 7.2 has arrived! We are delighted to share new research articles and exciting features. Thank you to all of our wonderful authors for their hardwork and historical insight! #twitterstorians keep an eye on this thread over the coming weeks!!
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#OnThisDay in 1898, the US took control of Puerto Rico as part of the end of the Spanish American War. Our 2019 forum explores relationship between the U.S. and Puerto Rico as it intersects with discussions of colonialism, labor, and teaching.
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ALT Goff's historical map of the Spanish-American War in the West Indies, 1898. Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 dcu.
Congratulations to the honorable mention for our Second Annual Brooke L. Blower and Sarah T. Phillips Essay Prize: Dante LaRiccia (@dante_lariccia) for his article "Oil, Empire, and Anti-Colonial Environmentalism: A Tale of Two Superports."
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We are thrilled to ANNOUNCE a #SpecialIssue CFP!! MAH is now accepting proposals for a 2026 Special Issue on the US #Semiquincentennial (250th). See this CFP for details, and send any questions to [email protected] #history #twitterstorians
#OnThisDay in 1957, the U.S.S.R launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, which inaugurated the space age and heightened Cold War competition between the U.S.S.R. and the U.S.
Learn more about the Cold War in this MAH article from @TomBishop89
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ALT This still from a film made post-Sputnik, gives a good sense of the size of the actual satellite. (credit: Don Mitchell)
Announcing the winner of the Second Annual Brooke L. Blower and Sarah T. Phillips Essay Prize: John Miles Branch (@NorthwesternU) with "Union Exemption: #nonprofit Work and the Boundaries of the Commercial Economy, 1951-1976." Keep an eye out for it in next year's MAH!
Congratulations to Julia Brown-Bernstein, winner of the inaugural Brooke L. Blower and Sarah T. Phillips Essay Prize for “Bring ‘The Plant’ to Life: Imagining Community Revitalization in the Neoliberal Era,” which will appear in a forthcoming issue of MAH!
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#Firstview Alert!!! We are thrilled to have 2 new articles out online. The 1st: Emily Pope-Obeda (@LehighU) delves into Black engagement with #Immigrant deportations in the 20s & 30s. Check out this GREAT article! cambridge.org/core/journals/… #History
ALT Figure 1. A Belt, A Wife, But No Permit. Source: Norfolk Journal and Guide, January 28, 1933, A13.
#OnThisDay in 1967, Thurgood Marshall became the first African American to be confirmed as a Supreme Court justice. Also known for his role in arguing Brown v. Brown, Marshall served on the Supreme Court for 24 years before retiring for health reasons.
On this day in 1927, Italian-American Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti were executed for two alleged murders. Given how anti-left and anti-immigrant violence shaped their fates, we're sharing @ellendwu's 2019 soapbox about the role of war in immigration: cambridge.org/core/journals/…
