Rebecca DeWolf, PhD

Awesome. Thank you so much! Will check out White’s work.

Nice! Thank you! What secondary sources did you find helpful for divorce history? I am in the middle of Cott's Public Vows and Hartog's Man and wife. Also have Basch's work on divorce. Is there another work that I should look through?

Ah! Got it! That makes much more sense. I was thinking they would have a part where she moves to Indiana for a divorce. I am usually doing chores when I have the show on and I missed that part of the storyline where she wants to move to RI. Thank you!

Yes, I am in the middle of researching New York's divorce legal history for my current book project on the criminalization of abortion and the married women's property rights. So that is why this issue is popping up for me. (4)

I haven't finished episode three, so maybe that discrepancy will be cleared up. But if Charles Fane wants his wife, Aurora, to sue for divorce in New York based on his adultery, then he would most likely not be permitted to marry his mistress after the divorce. (3)

New York had one of the most restrictive divorce statutes. It permitted divorce only in the case of adultery. If that was established, it usually meant that the offending party could not remarry until the former spouse had passed away. (2)

Watching the Gilded Age. love it, but having an issue with the divorce storyline. (1)

Academic book writing:

Conclusion: Let me restate my arguments and prove my scholarly worth.
Epilogue: Let me vibe.

pssst...you don't have to worry about the birth rate if you welcome immigrants and their families to this country. Pronatalism is a tool of white supremacy.

the Supreme Court has ruled to uphold Tennessee's ban on youth gender affirming care in the case U.S. v. Skrmetti.

It is amazing to watch my youngest child fall in love with history. He is home sick today and all he wants to do is talk about the American Revolution. He is 9 and already eager to understand cause and effect relationships. Watching a child grow into their sense of self is wonderful.

Systems are crumbling – but daily life continues. The dissonance is real If everything feels broken but strangely normal, the Soviet-era concept of hypernormalization can help

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Margaret Fuller

On this day in 1810, Margaret Fuller was born. She became a woman’s rights advocate and America’s first female war correspondent. Her influential 1845 book, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, was one of the first American publications to call for sex equality and female enfranchisement. #WeTheMen

William Gaynor

On this day in 1913, NYC Mayor William Gaynor offered his thoughts on suffrage. He asked: “Is there any suffragette in the world who would not give up her principles for a nice man?” Harriot Stanton Blatch and other suffragists disagreed, noting the many married women in the movement. #WeTheMen

Rich or Poor, who's better off?...🧐

Legal historians Kristin Collins, Gerald Neuman, and Rachel @rosenbloom.bsky.social amicus brief shows that a 1952 (and 1940) law establishes “a person born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,” shall be a “citizen[] of the United States at birth.” 8 U.S.C. § 1401(a)."

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ProPublica just won the 2025 Pulitzer for public service for this piece (and all the pieces under its Life of the Mother series). It's some of the most important journalism this year.

RFK Jr. rejects cornerstone of health science: Germ theory In his 2021 book vilifying Anthony Fauci, RFK Jr. lays out support for an alternate theory.

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📣 ICYMI: WPI's @betsyfischermartin.bsky.social moderated a Vital Voices LIVE conversation with Dina Powell McCormick on her new book, "Who Believed in You: How Purposeful Mentorship Changes the World,” co-authored with Sen. David McCormick.

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Thank you so much. Feeling much better.

Had a huge, giant panic attack. Several hours. Have not had one that bad in a long time. Completely lost it. Starting to come back to feeling okay. Lots of tears. Horrible headache now. Amazing how my brain can switch to utter self-destruct mode when it is triggered by something.

'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …

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ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.

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Action Alert: Ask Oklahoma State Legislators to Pause Implementation of Social Studies Standards - AHA Action Alert: Ask Oklahoma State Legislators to Pause Implementation of Social Studies Standards The American Historical Association (AHA) encourages Oklahomans invested in quality history education t...

The AHA encourages Oklahomans invested in quality history education to contact their state legislators and ask them to return the newly revised Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies to the State Board of Education for further review. Read our action alert for more information 🗃️:

On this day in 1992, the Supreme Ct. heard oral argument in Planned Parenthood v. Casey.

Casey ultimately agreed w/ Roe that states could not prohibit abortion before viability. That protection remained in place until 2022, when Dobbs rolled back women’s rights by overturning Roe & Casey. #WeTheMen

A quick reminder that there was a massive "pure milk" campaign in the early 20thC., largely organized by women, because children were dying from adulterated milk or TB-infected milk in significant numbers.

Politics come down to two choices:
1. Do you want others to thrive?
2. Do you want others to be punished?

📣 ICYMI: Watch the full replay of @au-wpi.bsky.social's #WomenOnWednesdays w/ Dr. David Campbell & Dr. @cwolbrecht.bsky.social, co-authors of “See Jane Run,” in conversation with @betsyfischermartin.bsky.social here: 🎥 www.crowdcast.io/c/wpi-see-ja... #wpievents

Embroidery that reads: ‘Gender was never binary’ surrounded by a vine. The genderfluid flag is below the text.

A number of years ago, I made this for one of my excellent kids. It felt relevant today.