Posted: May 12, 2022
By Dr. Einav Rabinovitch-Fox May 12, 2022 Last Monday, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City returned to its “First Monday at May” tradition, or as it is commonly known: the Met Gala. Drawing media attention and fashionistas from around the world, the Gala is the annual fundraising event for the museum’s Costume […]
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Tagged: art, current events, economic history, fashion, gender, Gilded Age, museums, women's history
Posted: March 29, 2022
By Dr. Nancy C. Unger and Dr. Christopher McKnight Nichols March 29, 2022 This review contains small spoilers. Our co-edited collection, A Companion to the Gilded Age and Progressive Era Wiley (Wiley Blackwell, 2017), will be released in an updated, paperback edition this spring. As scholars who have long been immersed in this pivotal period, […]
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Tagged: Black history, economic history, gender, Gilded Age, immigration, labor, political history, racial violence, urban history
Posted: October 12, 2021
By Adrien Lievin September 28, 2021 This is part of a series of blog posts on women’s history and the long Progressive Era, honoring the legacy of the late Elisabeth Israels Perry. Perry served as SHGAPE President from 1998-2000 and had a long and distinguished career that highlighted women’s political activism in GAPE and in […]
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Tagged: Appalachia, Black history, economic history, Elisabeth Israels Perry, food, Progressive Era, South, women's history
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