Women's History Sources

2011-12-31T01:04:41.303-06:00

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2011-12-31T01:03:59.877-06:00

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Thank you for your kind note. We really appreciate...

2011-03-24T02:24:57.878-05:00

Thank you for your kind note. We really appreciate it.

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The Eyes of Our Ancestors is not open-access; a su...

2011-03-14T17:28:47.863-05:00

The Eyes of Our Ancestors is not open-access; a subscription is required. I keep finding these academic announcements, not just this particular one, implying open source and then running into a subscription wall. Frustrating!

Mr. Middleton, Glad to know about your interestin...

2011-02-28T06:26:41.953-06:00

Mr. Middleton,
Glad to know about your interesting blog. Thanks for letting your readers know about the National Archives's "Inside the Vault" series and thanks for mentioning my book.
A'Lelia Bundles
www.aleliabundles.com

Liz, Thank you for the citation for Fit for Freedo...

2010-10-21T14:00:49.878-05:00

Liz,
Thank you for the citation for Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship. I was unaware of this title. Have you read Ryan Jordan's Slavery and the Meetinghouse? You might find that of interest.

Julie

I found my way here through a round-about sort of ...

2010-10-05T13:54:53.626-05:00

I found my way here through a round-about sort of way, which I won't go into.

First of all, thank you for lifting up some of the women who were part of the abolition movement. It's important that their voices not get lost.

Second, and more to the point of this comment, I'm sad that you have no reference here about a (relatively) new book that's received some press, at least in Philadelphia and among unprogrammed Quakers in the U.S.: Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship.

The book is co-written by two American Quaker women, one of African descent and the other of European descent. It was 7 years in the making and has MUCH to say about Quakers, enslavement, and the broader work of "racial justice" over the centuries and into the 1900s and early 2000s.

As a Friend, I have appreciated the revealed truths and undoings of the "legendary" abolitionist work of Quakers that this book provides. It was by no means the whole of the Religious Society of Friends that worked to end slavery.

In fact, it was a very, very few Friends--who struggled much within their own religious bodies--who worked tirelessly in the abolition movement: many Friends were reluctant to free the Africans they had enslaved and were instead more closely aligned with their non-Quaker peers in terms of behavior, from what I understand...

In addition, I am in touch with one of the authors to find out if she knows about and/or will be attending the "Quakers and Slavery" event you mention here, since I see nothing in the program that points to the important work that lies within Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship.

Thanks for reading me.

Blessings,
Liz Opp(enheimer), The Good Raised Up

I saw this exhibit when it was at the American Her...

2010-09-29T08:01:10.866-05:00

I saw this exhibit when it was at the American Heritage Center and it was really great. I loved learning about this part of history in Wyoming, being the equality state. And it was a sad reminder that we still have a long way to go.

Helen's stunts are being celebrated in a bio-d...

2010-09-16T00:05:12.403-05:00

Helen's stunts are being celebrated in a bio-doc of J.P.McGowan which will premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival (South Australia) in Feb 2011.

Check out Girl Scouts of the U.S.A -- http://www.y...

2010-08-12T22:25:04.270-05:00

Check out Girl Scouts of the U.S.A -- http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=0C94154AC4780E54. They have placed a number of their historical movies and PSAs from 1918 to recent years online. The earliest, The Golden Eaglet, was approximately a 20 minute film, written to introduce girls to the Girl Scout program. While written with a script and with plenty of dramatic highlights, it does reflect perceptions of girls and how one program could help them contribute to their community.

Thanks for featuring JWA's History Makers exhi...

2010-05-25T10:56:18.735-05:00

Thanks for featuring JWA's History Makers exhibit on your blog! The Jewish Women's Archive also has a great online encyclopedia, telling the stories of 1,690 American Jewish women, complete with photos and bibliographic information. Check it out at http://jwa.org/encyclopedia