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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

If you love women's history, sign up for the Women's History Network ‪@womenshistnet.bsky.social‬ annual conference. Running over 4-5 Sept, it's free, online, & packed with great panels on activism, archives, the arts and fashion, economic life, sexualities womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h...

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The Women’s History Network Annual Conference

Women’s History Network 33rd Annual Conference Online via Zoom Thursday 4 & Friday 5 September 2025 Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums and Personal Collections Reg…

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

We're currently accepting articles for our 2026 issue, The Regenerative Rust Belt. Send us your articles and write with any questions. Also, please share the CFP far and wide! @katietrostel.bsky.social @valentinolzullo.bsky.social #academicsky #booksky

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

#ResistanceRoots Today in history, 1970: As many as 20,000 women protest in the Women’s Strike for Equality in New York City, with more throughout the U.S. The event was held on the 50th anniversary of the certification of the 19th Amendment, giving women the constitutional right to vote. /1

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Women's Suffrage in the U.S., record numbers of women march along 5th Avenue in New York City on Aug. 26, 1970. Photo credit: Fred W. McDarrah / Getty Images.

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Indiana Magazine of History @inhistoryeditor.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

In 1907, Indiana became the first state to pass a eugenics-based sterilization law, allowing sterilization of the imprisoned and institutionalized who were deemed mentally or morally deficient. One of the most influential proponents of eugenic theory in early 20th-century Indiana was Dr. John Hurty.

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Ed Fujawa @edfujawa.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Perfect weather this week for some time in our local parks, including White River State Park downtown. This post takes a detailed look at a 1981 panoramic photo of the land that what would become @WhiteRiverStPrk. www.class900indy.com/post/panoram...

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Panorama of White River State Park: A Closer Look

Exploring several highlights contained within a 1981 panoramic photo taken of Indianapolis from a vantage point in White River State Park.

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Indiana Magazine of History @inhistoryeditor.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

John N. Hurty was the secretary of the Indiana State Board of Health from 1896 to 1922. He advocated for a scientific approach to public health and became so well-known for a variety of public health reforms that a state medical journal titled him "Indiana's most useful citizen."

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Indiana Magazine of History @inhistoryeditor.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Mix one grain of sulphate of zinc and one grain of foxglove (digitalis) in half a teaspoon of water, add four ounces of water, and drink. This "infallible" mixture, according to advertisements in Muncie newspapers in August 1893, would cure smallpox within twelve hours.

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

We are thrilled to share the programme for our upcoming seminar series. Please continue to check our socials and our website over the coming weeks as the links to register for each of the seminars are published. We look forward to seeing you all there!

A document entitled 'The Women's History Network Autumn Seminar Series' detailing the five seminars which will comprise our upcoming series. The seminars are as follows: A Special Roundtable on 'Lesbian Histories and the Long View' at 4pm BST on 10 September 2025, a paper entitled 'Overlooked Occupiers: Women, Family, and the Home in Occupied Germany and Japan' by Christine De Matos at 10am BST on 24 September 2025, a paper entitled 'Perfection: 400 Years of Women's Quest for Beauty' by Margarette Lincoln at 4pm BST on 1 October 2025, a paper (title TBC) by Merry Wiesner-Hanks at 4pm BST on 15 October 2025, and a special roundtable entitled 'New Approaches to Writing Women's Histories' at 4pm GMT on 5 November 2025.

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Sara Catterall @scatterall.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

My biography of Amelia Bloomer just got another nice review, this one from the Indiana Magazine of History @inhistoryeditor.bsky.social The author wished I had given more detail on where to read more of Bloomer's writing. Here you go!

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Where to read The Lily and The Mayflower

A recent review of Amelia Bloomer: Journalist, Suffragist, Anti-fashion Icon in the Indiana Magazine of History was very complimentary. The author wanted to read more of Bloomer’s writing, wh…

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Indiana Magazine of History @inhistoryeditor.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

In August 1893, Dr. Frank Jackson, city health officer of Muncie, diagnosed 14 cases of smallpox within one of the city's neighborhoods. The city council quarantined the affected houses, called for a widespread vaccination program, and began building 2 hospitals to house the sick.

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The Organization of American Historians @oah.org · 14/08/2025

📢 The OAH has issued a Statement on the White House Review of the Smithsonian. Read the statement: ow.ly/hgLR50WGhfQ

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Indiana Magazine of History @inhistoryeditor.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

August is National Immunization Awareness Month. Vaccines have a long history in Indiana. In August 1893, Dr. Frank Johnson, the first public health officer of Muncie, Indiana, was called out to see a child suffering, he was told, from chicken pox.

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Austin McCoy @austinmccoy.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

historian and scholar friends (I forget the hashtag for this lol): What are some good secondary sources analyzing racial capitalism/industrialization and Native American removal in the 19th century? please repost! thanks in advance!

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Rebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Since the 1950s, Summer Language Workshops at Indiana University have provided training in Russian, East European, and Central Asian languages. Generations have come to Bloomington to study Romanian, Polish, Kazakh, etc. Rubio just cancelled all of them languageworkshop.indiana.edu/summer-langu...

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Title VIII: Funding: Summer Language Workshop: Language Workshop: Indiana University Bloomington

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Rebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

KKK was *everywhere* in 1920s Indiana. George Dale, the editor of a Muncie newspaper, refused to bow to them. He survived and eventually became mayor. For more on "the crossroads of America" in this era, see also: James Madison, _A Lynching in the Heartland_ Timothy Egan, _Fever in the Heartland_

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Dr. Nicole Lee Schroeder @nicole-lee-sch.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

If you're struggling to understand how eugenics impacts daily life right now, I recommend going back to the historical records to see how the eugenics movement took off 100 years ago. We need to be able to recognize it when we see it, so that we can push back and resist. 1/20

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Public Books @publicbooks.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

New at PB, Jessica Rucker interviews @katemasur.bsky.social about her new graphic novel “Freedom Was In Sight” (@uncpress.bsky.social with illustrations by Liz Clarke), which uses storytelling and illustration to tell the history of Reconstruction.

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Rethinking Reconstruction: Kate Masur on Freedom Was in Sight

“Freedom Was in Sight” conveys that even as Reconstruction ended and the Jim Crow order took shape in the South, not everything was lost.

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The Journal of the Civil War Era @jcwe.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Please consider applying for this awesome opportunity!

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Spencer Beswick @spencerbeswick.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Today (Feb 22) in 1943, three courageous young people in the group White Rose were executed for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets in Germany. Sophie Scholl: "The greatest damage is caused by the silent majority that just wants to survive, submit and go along with everything."

Black and white photo of Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl, and Christoph Probst, three members of White Rose who were executed for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets in Germany in 1943

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Wendy Rouse @wendylrouse.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

The federal government has now removed the entire LGBTQ Heritage Theme Study from the National Park Service website. Be a rebel - read banned history. outhistory.org/exhibits/sho... 🗃️ 🏳️‍🌈 🍎 🗺️ #sschat #skystorians

Cover of LGBTQ America: A Theme Study of LGBTQ History published by the NPS

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Historical Marker Ahead @historicalmarker.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Not sure if it was the same tour but here’s a post (and thread) I did earlier about the site where Frederick Douglass got rushed by a mob in nearby Pendleton which also was the site of the hanging of three men who murdered Native Americans bsky.app/profile/hist...

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Journal of Southern History @joursouhist.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

This is just a portion of the publications we consult to compile the annual bibliography of articles in southern history. We regularly check 300+ different journal titles! But also, if you've had an article out in 2024 related to the history of the U.S. South, let us know so we can check it out.

tall stack of print journals of various titles (owl stuffed animal sitting on top)

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Andrea Kaston Tange @aktange.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

To dismiss the grief in Victorian stories as old-fashioned is to assume they're outdated bc of the passage of time. But a high child mortality rate was eradicated not by time, but by effort. To dismantle a century of resolute public health measures, like vaccination, invites those horrors to return.

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Infectious diseases killed Victorian children at alarming rates — their novels highlight the fragility of public health today

Between 40% and 50% of children didn’t live past 5 in the US during the 19th century. Popular authors like Charles Dickens documented the common but no less gutting grief of losing a child.

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Indiana Magazine of History @inhistoryeditor.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

In the early 20th century, 4,000 Hoosiers died every year from tuberculosis. Irene Byron was a public health nurse in Fort Wayne, Indiana, serving for four years as part of the city's campaign against the disease. Byron worked in the city clinic and tent hospital, and visited patients at home.

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Indiana Magazine of History @inhistoryeditor.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Rev. Moses Broyles, pastor of Second Baptist Church in Indianapolis, was instrumental in bringing Frederick Douglass to the city to speak at a two-night fundraiser for the local YMCA. The organization set aside seats for Black audience members in the balcony of the local opera house.

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Indiana Magazine of History @inhistoryeditor.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

In 1907, Eugene Debs joined the staff of Appeal to Reason, a Socialist newspaper based in Girard, Kansas. His wife Katherine formed personal and professional relationships with some of the women instrumental to the paper's success, especially Grace Babbitt Brewer, the head of the Appeal Army.

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American Historical Association @historians.org · 06/12/2024

The AHR’s December 2024 issue is now available. This issue inaugurates the annual publication of a special issue of the journal. Inside the issue authors explore how historical context and contingency shape and inflect resilience. 🗃️

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Volume 129 Issue 4 | The American Historical Review | Oxford Academic

The official journal of the American Historical Association. Publishes research that brings together scholarship from every major field of historical study. Articles include original interpretation an...

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Commonplace: the journal of early American life @commonplacejrnl.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

🎤 Is this thing on? Hi, Bluesky! We're Commonplace Journal, an online publication for anyone interested in American history before 1900. Slightly less formal than a journal, slightly more scholarly than a popular magazine, we strive to bring early American history to a wide audience.

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Calvin Schermerhorn @calscherm.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

It arrived! Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery by @sethrockman.bsky.social tells a story of American capitalism through the materials that connected enslavers and “coerced consumers” to spinners weavers & owners in the North press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

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Indiana Magazine of History @inhistoryeditor.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Katherine Metzel Debs has frequently been portrayed as an insignificant appendage of her husband, Socialist leader Eugene V. Debs. In truth, Kate Debs acted as her husband's secretary, ran a Socialist publishing concern, and maintained close personal and professional ties with other Socialist women.

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Indiana Magazine of History @inhistoryeditor.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Moses Broyles was born into slavery in 1826. Sold away from his family in Maryland, he grew up in Kentucky. Broyles was able to buy his freedom in 1854. Already literate, he moved to Lancaster, Indiana, where he enrolled at the Eleutherian Institute.

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JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

📚 #Librarians, #faculty, and #students: Explore Black Periodicals: From the Great Migration through Black Power by Reveal Digital–including 75,000+ pages of vital resources on #BlackHistory, #SocialJustice, and #cultural movements. 🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/3ZfIJaV

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Chris Houghton @dhchris.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

As we're all starting again here, I hope this is a useful thread for any #historians that use #digital #archives. I'm often surprised by how even experienced researchers miss important things about digital archives. So, here are my basic tips for maximising your time in digital archives:

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Liz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

Need a distraction from Election Day news coverage? The N American continent is approx 160 million years old, yet we tend to focus on 3300 millionths of that history, the period between 1492-present. @kathleenduval.bsky.social asks us to widen our view to 1,000 years of N American history.

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Episode 397: Kathleen DuVal, Native Nations: A Millennium in North America

The North American continent is approximately 160 million years old, yet in the United States, we tend to focus on what amounts to 3300 millionths of that history, which is the period between 1492 to ...

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Indiana Magazine of History @inhistoryeditor.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

In 1936, Indianapolis attorney Frederick Zainey founded The Syrian Ark, the official newspaper of the Midwest Federation of Syrian American Clubs. The Ark served as a place where the paper's correspondents and readers, part of the Arab diaspora in the US, could claim the Midwest as their homeland.

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Rebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Just for good measure, I hope this goes to all #skyhistorians 🗃️

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Aaron Fountain @aaronfountainjr.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I might as well share a little from my book. This is a brief FBI memo of a high school student in #Seattle, Washington, who called the FBI and offered to be an informant. #skystorians

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Amy J. Rutenberg @amyjay401.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Can report there is still no opt-out. I'm part of a team of #milhist scholars that has voided its contract for a 4th ed of American Military History with Routledge because T&F sold out to Microsoft rather than protect its authors' IP. 🗃️ #academicsky www.thebookseller.com/news/academi...

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Academic authors 'shocked' after Taylor & Francis sells access to their research to Microsoft AI

Authors claim they have not been told about the AI deal, were not given the opportunity to opt out and are receiving no extra payment.

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Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I've created a starter pack for those researching and writing histories of the Atlantic world. If you are working in any field that falls within, or is related to, Atlantic history you are welcome. Just reply below and I'll add you. go.bsky.app/E8itZWt

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National Endowment for the Humanities @nehgov.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

It’s #GISDay! #DYK that GIS can be used to map history and injustice? This #NEHgrant -funded, award-winning project from the University of Minnesota uses GIS technologies to map the history of racial covenants in the Twin Cities. ow.ly/yg9s50Ua1fm

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

We are publishing first issue of Rust Belt Studies next year with support from @ohiohumanities.bsky.social and in collaboration with Midstory. In the meantime, we are planning our second issue: The Regenerative Rust Belt. Join the conversation and submit a piece to us. More at Rustbeltstudies.org

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Alicia Bannon @aliciabannon.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

State Court Report is now on Bluesky! State constitutional law is a hugely important yet chronically understudied area of law. @statecourtreport.bsky.social covers legal trends, cases, scholarship, and other emerging issues. Check it out!

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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

We've updated our website to show you what we've been doing recently. Check us out at Rustbeltstudies.org Reach out for collaborations both in person and online, submit to our journal, or just say hello! We're going to continue to work to define the Rust Belt with all of you!

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Home | Rust Belt Studies

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Ed Fujawa @edfujawa.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Another one of my entries for the Encyclopedia of Indianapolis was just published. This one is about Governors Island, which was located in the White River just south of the Washington Street bridge. indyencyclopedia.org/governors-is...

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Governor's Island - Encyclopedia of Indianapolis

Governor’s Island was a small body of land in the middle of the , located south of Washington Street, just… Read More »Governor’s Island

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Indiana Magazine of History @inhistoryeditor.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

And while you're waiting for the book, check out Aaron's article "Building a Student Movement in Naptown" in our September 2018 issue (online at Project Muse). The "Corn Cob Curtain" was an underground high school newspaper first published in 1971 by students at Arsenal Tech in Indianapolis.

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Indiana Magazine of History @inhistoryeditor.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

From our March 2024 issue: Prof. Edward Curtis examines the history of the Syrian Ark, an Indianapolis-based newspaper that, from 1936 to 1954, chronicled Arab, Syrian, and Lebanese midwestern life. Look for the most recent years of the IMH on Project Muse. #projectmuse

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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

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