Theresa Kaminski

We talked about Dr. Mary Walker on last week's #HATM viewing of The Gray House! 🗃️

Mary Walker does get around!

The Military Tried to Stop Her. She Earned the Medal of Honor. YouTube video by The Tattooed Historian

Please join me on YouTube on Tuesday, March 24 at 2:00 p.m. Central for a live presentation/discussion of Dr. Mary Walker, a Civil War physician who received the Medal of Honor. Huge thanks to @tattooedhistorian.bsky.social for the opportunity. 🗃️

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Fascinating presentation by Marc Stein and discussion with @tattooedhistorian.bsky.social about the 1976 bicentennial in the U.S. (So much part of my personal history, too.)
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The Historian's Writerly Craft: A Summer Intensive Grounded in Discipline and Artistry - OIEAHC APPLY NOW for this 12-week intensive workshop designed for historians who want to improve their artistic craft.

#skystorians! If you work on vast early America and want to develop your writerly and storytelling chops in community with other historians, please consider applying to the inaugural Craft Intensive sponsored by @oieahc.bsky.social (led by myself and Scott Heerman). For more details, visit:

I’m so thrilled that THE WESTERNERS made this list of Books to Read in March from @thebookmaven.bsky.social for @latimes.com! Thank you! 🥰📚

We're celebrating Women's History Month! Save 30% on select titles with code SWHM26 through March 31. Browse the sale at tinyurl.com/55v7n9k6.
#womenshistorymonth #ReadUP

Ooh, no, haven't seen it but will look. Thanks!

Yes!--Twin Peaks-y! That was the vibe I was picking up on. Love the friendship dynamics. Can't wait to watch more.

This series just entered my Currently Watching rotation.

Celebrating Women’s History Month at the Press – Syracuse University Press Observed for nearly 50 years, Women’s History Month offers an opportunity to celebrate the accomplishments of women in the United States and abroad. During March, Syracuse University Press celebrates…

In this week's What'SUP blog post, we take a look at some of the books available in our Women's History Month sale. press.syr.edu/celebrating-...

On this third day of Women's History Month, behold. (Thanks, @kevinmkruse.bsky.social)

Just saw it!

I would LOVE to! Feel free to message.

OK Bluesky. Where are my fellow Humanities people at? Introduce yourself in my replies, plug your books, talk about your research, etc.

Queen of the West This is the first full-length biography of this mid-twentieth century multi-faceted star, one that also charts the broad sweep of changes in women’...

Retired (but still writing) historian here. I specialize in scrappy "unknown" women in U.S. history. Most recently published the first biography of Dale Evans. Currently working on Jane Grant and The New Yorker. 🗃️

www.simonandschuster.com/books/Queen-...

You always know when Women's History Month starts because of @pdtoler.bsky.social's annual blog series. Don't miss reading about the people who do the work of women's history. 🗃️ #WomensHistoryMonth

www.historyinthemargins.com/2026/03/02/t...

Party at your house?

Happy Women’s History Month! Did you know that like Black History Month, Women’s History Month originally started as a week-long observance of the contributions & impacts of women? President Carter signed a proclamation in 1980 designating the week of March 2nd… 1/2

Rabbit rabbit and happy #ScholarSunday!

Dispatches from the Writing Life #6: Women and the Great War Revisions on chapters two and three of the Jane Grant book have re-ignited my interest in the Great War of 1914-1918, now more commonly known as World War I, and have given me the opportunity to di…

Just ahead of the start of Women's History Month. 🗃️

theresakaminski.com/2026/02/28/d...

Winning the Earthquake The first major biography of Jeannette Rankin, a groundbreaking suffragist, activist, and the first American woman to hold federal office.“Few members of C...

If you haven't done so already, today might be a good day to start reading Lorissa Rinehart's Winning the Earthquake, her biography of the great pacifist Jeannette Rankin.
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Congratulations!

Jefferson on Race: A Reader by Thomas Jefferson, edited by Annette Gordon-Reed. From The New York Times–bestselling and Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Hemingses of Monticello, a groundbreaking collection of Thomas Jefferson’s writings on race that every American should read.

A groundbreaking collection of Thomas Jefferson’s writings on race that every American should read.

Jefferson on Race, edited by @agordonreed.bsky.social, arrives March 31 (26 May UK pub).

Learn more & preorder yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

#History #ThomasJefferson

S-USIH 2026 CFP: Intellectual Historians’ Toolkits: Methods, Theories, Practices | Society for US Intellectual History Society for U.S. Intellectual History Call for Proposals The 2026 S-USIH Annual Conference will be held in Madison, Wisconsin, on November 12-14, 2026, on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Mad...

The 2026 S-USIH Annual Conference will be held in Madison, Wisconsin, on November 12-14, 2026, on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The theme is “Intellectual Historians’ Toolkits: Methods, Theories, Practices.” Check out the CFP. s-usih.org/2026/02/s-us...

Authors, beware. Sigh.

Episode 88: Sonya Bonczek Gives Us the Scoop on Book Publicity Kate Carpenter interviews Sonya Bonczek, director of publicity at UNC Press, about how book publicity works and what authors can do to promote their books.

I just started listening to this episode of @draftingthepast.bsky.social
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Halfway through and finding it very informative.

Alice Barber Stephens, Illustrator (Yes, Another One) – History in the Margins Alice Barber Stephens, Illustrator (Yes, Another One) By Pamela | February 24, 2026 | 0 You may have noticed that I’ve been sharing the stories of women artists and illustrators over the last few months. I didn’t set out to look for them, but one woman led to another. Like women warriors, women ...

Another overlooked woman artist.

Alice Barber Stephens illustrated Alcott, Conan Doyle, and Hawthorne, fought for women’s life-drawing classes, and co-founded a women’s art club when the men said no.

Once famous. Now largely forgotten.

Read here:

@draftingthepast.bsky.social is a great podcast about writing history. I can't wait to listen to this episode on book publicity. Wonderful choice, @katecarp.bsky.social
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