Tanya Roth

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Women’s Work: Casting a Long Spell — Witchcraft in American History | The Saturday Evening Post Once a crime, the witch became a mirror for American fears and desires.

This month, it’s all witches in my @satevepost.bsky.social column: www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/10/wome...

Excellent piece, and the book referenced amongst this larger historiography of women’s history looks fab.

100. Here’s some of the history of parents (and others) doing just that: www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/09/wome...

Oooh this sounds FASCINATING!

Home - Military Women's Memorial The Military Women's Memorial is a one-of-a kind tribute to America's Servicewomen, past and present. The Memorial features an education center, interactive exhibits, and a world-class collection of m...

Here’s the Women’s Memorial website: womensmemorial.org. They do good work and the building is already a beautiful monument.

To follow up on a comment I posted - the building at the entrance to Arlington is the Women’s Memorial, or the Women in Military Service for America Memorial. It’s housed in the hemicycle, built in the 30s as an entrance to Arlington but never really used that way: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militar...

He and his SecDef probably also hate that the gorgeous architecture at the end of the road to Arlington is a monument to servicewomen.

Thank you!!!!

You know, with Veterans Day next month and all the crap that women service members are getting about not being “real warriors” or whatever, a great choice would my UNC book, Her Cold War…just putting it out there! 😂😂

I was in Abilene last April and the good people of that town were out on the corners protesting against the current administration. I loved to see that!

Women's Work: The Little Colonel That Could — Mary Hallaren and the Fight for Women in the Military | The Saturday Evening Post During World War II, 350,000 women volunteered for the armed forces. After the war ended, government and military leaders were ready to return them to their domestic roles. But one woman had other ide...

And Mary Hallaren: www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2024/02/the-...

Women's Work: She Fought Nobly — Cathay Williams, the First Black Woman Soldier | The Saturday Evening Post A formerly enslaved woman secretly became a Buffalo Soldier and was able to hide her gender from her fellow infantrymen for years.

The story of Cathay Williams: www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2024/04/she-...

Women's Work: Living Legacies of Service — Native American Women in the U.S. Military | The Saturday Evening Post Native American women have a long history of military service in the United States, going back to the American Revolution.

The history of Native women’s service: www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2024/04/livi...

Women's Work: Rosie and Jenny Go to War | The Saturday Evening Post “Rosie the Riveter” has become synonymous with women’s work during World War II, but Rosie wasn’t the only mascot for the women’s war effort.

And also WW2: www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2024/05/rosi...

Women’s Work: Fighting to Serve — Black Nurses in World War II | The Saturday Evening Post Despite the military’s racial segregation policies, Black nurses made significant contributions at home and abroad during World War II.

Here is one: www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2024/12/wome...

If you’d like to learn more about the well-established history of women in the US military, check out my book. I’ve also written some of the history in my @satevepost.bsky.social columns and will link a few here:

The Secretary of Defense has never lived in a United States that did NOT include women in national defense. His vision of a “uniform” and “sex-neutral” military is really a military made only of men, because he does not believe that the best national defense is one that reflects all of us.

Her Cold War While Rosie the Riveter had fewer paid employment options after being told to cede her job to returning World War II veterans, her sisters and daughters foun...

I spent years researching DACOWITS for my book, Her Cold War: Women in the US Military, 1945-1980. This little-known agency has been crucial to women’s military integration. uncpress.org/978146966443...

Perspective | Axing the committee that studies and advocates for servicewomen is a mistake The Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services has laid the groundwork for major gains for women in the military.

Four years ago, there was also a threat to end DACOWITS, which I wrote about here (sorry; paywall, but if you’re interested, contact me - www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021...

Hegseth terminates women’s advisory group, slams ‘divisive agenda’ A Sept. 17 memo signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directs the “formal disestablishment” of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services.

Here’s a piece on its end: www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...

DACOWITS is gone, after nearly 75 years of important, forward-thinking work about the role of women in national defense. Hegseth claims the group had a “divisive” “agenda,” but he’s wrong and severely misunderstands - intentionally so, I think - the role the committee has played historically.

I’m so glad you’ve got great support! I have a family member who got great support in my family’s small midwestern town (pre-covid), and have been so fortunate to see my child’s needs met. I worry about the fragility of this vital system.

Women’s Work: Fighting for a Place in the Classroom — The Story of Special Education in America | The Saturday Evening Post At one time, children with disabilities were prevented from attending mainstream schools. In the last hundred years, teachers and parents have worked to change how children with special needs are educ...

For my column this month, I look at the history of special ed in the US: www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/09/wome...

My personal rule is to always check the new book display at the library. It took me to this fabulous find.

I love Ben’s commitment to sharing public scholarly writing - take a look at what’s in this week’s share! Includes my piece that coincides with the anniversary of the Voting Rights Act and the 19th amendment this month.

Women’s Work: Votes Won, Rights Denied — The Long Fight for Women’s Suffrage, Part 2 | The Saturday Evening Post The 19th Amendment didn’t guarantee the vote for all women, so their fight continued.

My August column is up @satevepost.bsky.social - www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/08/wome...

That series is so much fun!

I actually really liked their statement - but then, I’ve been using AI tools in my classroom for awhile and exploring its use.

And they offer community ed programs that provide so much - like the theatre program my son is in (no theatre at his middle school).