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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers

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In print since 1984, Legacy is the only scholarly journal to focus specifically on American women’s writing, broadly defined, from the seventeenth through the mid-twentieth century. Tag us if you need a re-skeet!

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Kate Adams @professorkate.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
@c19americanists.bsky.social @profgabrielle.bsky.social @legacy1984.bsky.social Congratulations to the wonderful Dr. Denise Burgher and Professor P. Gabrielle Foreman!! www.inquirer.com/arts/colored...
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The first Colored Convention was held in Philadelphia in 1830. Mother Bethel AME Church will revive it this weekend.
For the first time in 50 years, the Convention is making a comeback to help combat the attack on Black history and civil rights.
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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers @legacy1984.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
As Jennifer Putzi prepares to leave the role of editor at Legacy, she gives us these partings words to celebrate those who came before her, as well as the promising future it has under Kate: "Legacy has defined my career. As a graduate student, I watched Sharon Harris perform her work as editor.
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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers @legacy1984.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Today, we have big news at Legacy! Kate Adams, from Tulane University, is taking over the role of Editor from Jennifer Putzi! Please join us in giving a warm welcome to Kate! 😊🎉 Learn more about Kate's research and academic career just here: liberalarts.tulane.edu/english/peop....
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Kate Adams, Associate Professor at Tulane University School of Liberal Arts
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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers @legacy1984.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Today we remember Charlotte Perkins Gilman, born on this day in 1860! Learn about her complex legacy of Gilman, one of the pioneering figures of feminism, but also a proponent of eugenicism, with: -S. Edelstein's "Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the Yellow Newspaper" (muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic...) 1/3
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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers @legacy1984.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Whose birthday is it today?... Margaret Fuller! 🎂🎈 Here's a selection of readings on one of the great transcendentalists... (there are so many articles on Fuller in our archives that I could not include them all, so do not hesitate to drop your other favorite pieces in the comments!) 1/4
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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers @legacy1984.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
We are looking for contributions to our next digital Salon on "Women and Animals." We invite short, reflective, or creative pieces of no more than 1,000 words on the past and future of the political alliance between women and animals. 1/3
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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers @legacy1984.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers @legacy1984.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
It seems that nobody has benefited more from the recovery efforts of Legacy contributors than Edith Maud Eaton, also known as Sui Sin Far! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇨🇳🇺🇸(Born March 15, 1865!) Read here a selection of her stories, alongside the thoughtful introductions provided by those who re-discovered them: 1/3
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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers @legacy1984.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
And as it was also Zitkala-Ša's birthday on February 22, here's a little extra! - Ruth Spack's "Zitkala-S̈a, The Song of Hiawatha, and the Carlisle Indian School Band: A Captivity Tale": muse.jhu.edu/pub/4/articl...
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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers @legacy1984.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Today belongs to Constance Fenimore Woolson, born on March 5, 1840 📔 Here are some great pieces for you 🤓 - Stephanie Byttebier's 'Grief's Theatrical Tutelage: Drama, Recitation, and a Collaborative Sociability in Constance Fenimore Woolson's 'Miss Grief'": muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic... 1/3
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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers @legacy1984.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Who was born on February 17, 1827? 🔎 🤔 Rose Terry Cooke! Here's some recommended birthday reading: ✨ - "'When it ceases to be silly it becomes actually wrong': The Cultural Contexts of Female Homoerotic Desire in Rose Terry Cooke's 'My Visitation'" by K.M. Comment: muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic... 1/2
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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers @legacy1984.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Today we celebrate a Southern dame: Kate Chopin 🎈 (born on this day in 1850) Have a look at "Her First Party", a story by Kate Chopin published posthumously by Youth Companion in 1905: muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic.... 1/2
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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers @legacy1984.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
We are thrilled to announce that Kristin Moriah will be joining the Legacy editorial team as Book Review Editor! Please join us in welcoming her! 1/5
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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers @legacy1984.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Travis, Associate Professor of English at Villanova University, is stepping into Eric Gardner’s shoes as Features Editor for Legacy! Travis has worked closely with Legacy since 2020, when he coedited a special issue of the journal on “American Women’s Writing and the Genealogy of Queer Thought.” 1/2
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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers @legacy1984.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Eric Gardner, professor and chair of English at Saginaw Valley State University, is stepping down from his role as Features Editor for Legacy. He joined us in 2022, after having served as a Legacy consultant for nearly ten years. 1/3
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Margaret Fuller Society @fullersociety.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
#new The Margaret Fuller Society is inviting submissions for a panel titled “Teaching in Difficult Times” at the 2026 American Literature Association annual conference, to be held in Chicago on May 20-23 ▶️ Submissions are due by January 24
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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers @legacy1984.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
We have two birthdays to celebrate today!! - First, Mary Noailles Murfree, born in 1850! 🎉 I found only one article about Murfree... we need more! Please, Murfree adepts and devotees, send your pieces our way 😊 Still, here's a great article by the incredible Marjorie Pryse:
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British Association for American Studies @officialbaas.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
The Society for the History of Women in the Americas (SHAW) has extended the deadline of the #cfp for their 2026 conference. You now have until 30th January to submit your abstract!
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The Society for the History of Women in the Americas (SHAW) 2026 Conference Call for Papers - DEADLINE EXTENDED - British Association for American Studies
The Society for the History of Women in the Americas (SHAW) welcomes proposals for its annual conference, hosted by the University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès. This year's conference invites papers on…
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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers @legacy1984.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
New year, new author to honor! Caroline Kirkland was born on this day in 1801! ✨ Here are some recommended readings... - "The Politics of Vision in Caroline Kirkland's Frontier Fiction", E.C. Barnes: muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic... 1/7
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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers @legacy1984.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
It's time to celebrate a little-known writer called... Willa Cather! 🎉 (Born on this day in 1873!) Read much about Cather with: - Melissa Homestead's "Willa Cather in the Denver Times in 1915 and New Evidence of the Origins of The Professor's House": muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic... (1/3)
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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers @legacy1984.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Today we celebrate the birthday of... Louisa May Alcott! 🎈 You can read our latest forum on Alcott, edited by Max L. Chapnick and Eagan Dean for the 15th anniversary of Little Women: muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic... ✨ But also: 1/4
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Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Do you have a digital project recovering the work of American women writers? Apply now for the Recovery Hub's Project Showcase! Seeking mission-related projects at various stages of completion for peer review + a public showcase + review in "Reviews in Digital Humanities." bit.ly/RH-showcase
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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers @legacy1984.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
If you were at the SSAWW conference, remember to send us your papers pour the Legacy contest! ✨
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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers @legacy1984.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
💬 For all SSAWW attendees: Our very own Travis Foster still has a few slots available for this year's edition of "Chat with an Editor" during the triannual SSAWW conference in Philadelphia! He will be there to answer all of your questions about Features. 1/3
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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers @legacy1984.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
It's only fitting that Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, author of many ghost stories and a play about the Salem trials, would have been born on Halloween! (October 31, 1852) 🎃 Read more about her with: 1/3
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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers @legacy1984.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Announcement! 📣 Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers is happy to announce a contest to honor the best papers presented at the upcoming Society for the Study of American Women Writers conference (5-9 November 2025) in Philadelphia. 1/3
Fabulous Canva montage with torn paper effects and dried flowers over an orange background.
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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers @legacy1984.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
It's time for a celebration of Sarah Josepha Hale, born on the October 24, 1788! 🎈 Enjoy readings of her work with: - "Embodied Pedagogies: Femininity, Diversity, and Community in Anthologies of Women's Writing, 1836–2009" by Karen L. Kilcup - muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic... 1/3
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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers @legacy1984.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Happy (not quite) birthday to Hannah Crafts, whose precise date of birth is unknown (circa 1830), but who still deserves to be celebrated! Read about Crafts with: - "Addition by Subtraction: Toward a Literary History of Racial Representation" by Gene Andrew Jarrett: muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic... 1/2
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Eric Gardner @profgardner.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper is 200 today! @c19americanists.bsky.social @digblk.bsky.social @ccp-org.bsky.social @blkgrlpoet.bsky.social @profgabrielle.bsky.social @npr.org She’s just as fabulous, relevant, and fiery now as she was in C19! For a sample, see commonplace.online/article/vol-...
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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers @legacy1984.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Born on this day in 1825... the great Frances Ellen Watkins Harper! You can of course still read our 2024 issue dedicated to Harper, introduced by Eric Gardner: muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic.... Available in open access! But don't forget previous and equally excellent contributions on Harper: 1/3
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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers @legacy1984.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Thank you Eagan for your review ✨ (It convinced me to give it a read!) And it's a truly key topic for gender studies!
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Rachel Banner @ishmaelcallme.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
#c19 question: this daguerreotype pops up in a few places on social media, and now wikipedia, identified as Harriet E. Wilson. But is there any scholarly provenance documenting that it is / probably is her?
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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers @legacy1984.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Another birthday to celebrate today: Sarah Orne Jewett's! (Born in 1849!) 🌲🌲🌲 Here's a slew of great essays on one of Maine's most precious treasures : - "Eunice and the Jade Gods: Jewett's Religious Rhetoric in A Country Doctor" by Terry Heller: muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic... 1/3
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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers @legacy1984.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Do you want to celebrate Lydia Sigourney, born on this day in 1791? 🎈We suggest this great essay by Bryan Sinche, « Lydia Sigourney’s Lydia Sigourney’s Sailors and the Limits of Sentiment »: muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic... (if you do not have access to the article, send us a quick message!) 1/3
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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers @legacy1984.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
New issue of Legacy is out, and open access! 🗞️ Click right here to access Volume 42, No 1: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55448 ! On the menu: - "Leaving Giants Unslain: Idle Activism in Catharine Sedgwick's The Linwoods and Other Writings" by Jordan L. Von Cannon 1/3
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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers @legacy1984.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Ten days left to apply to this great mentorship program!
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Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
In 2022, we received an NEH grant to advance our mission to amplify and assist scholars working to digitally recover neglected texts by women writers of the Americas. What did we do with it? A lot! Read all about the Recovery Hub's work in our NEW white paper: recoveryhub.siue.edu/wp-content/u...
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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers @legacy1984.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Are you a Phd student? Do you work on American women writers? Would you like to receive mentorship from some of the foremost specialists in the field? If yes, read below! ⬇️ ✨ 1/3
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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers @legacy1984.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Still in open access, from the latest issue of Legacy: the incredible forum on Louisa May Alcott's 1873 novel Work, introduced by Max L. Chapnick and Eagan Dean! Follow the link: muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic.... 1/3
Title page of Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa M. Alcott (First edition)
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Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
In honor of Juneteenth, check out the Teaching Hard History podcast from Learning for Justice, to "commit to teaching the hard history that is foundational to the US and the ongoing movement for freedom and equality." Includes episodes centered on film and literature. lfj.pub/hard-history...
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Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Did you know that the Recovery Hub offers free consultations on digital recovery projects? We're here to help you work through questions at any stage of your project, from early imaginings to the final product. #academicsky Book a chat with a digital humanist! calendly.com/recoveryhub-... (1/3)
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Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
A big WHOOPS—and congratulations—to Elizabeth James, who co-wrote "Methodologies for Exploring Unknown Archives." Our social media coordinator missed the fact that James was the Recovery Hub consultant for the Woman's Literary Club of Baltimore Digital Archive. Great work, Elizabeth! #academicsky
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Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
This Wed., May 28 at 12 noon Central, join us for our first Tech Hour, "Getting Started with Digital Humanities." This free Zoom session will explore early steps for beginning a digital humanities project. Register and get the Zoom link: recoveryhub.siue.edu/2025/05/14/s... #academicsky
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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers @legacy1984.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
To continue the exploration of Legacy vol. 42 no. 2, I turn today to the incredible forum on F.E. Watkins Harper, whose 200th anniversary we will celebrate in September 2025! (This will be in two parts)
Signed photograph of F.E. Watkins Harper
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Eric Gardner @profgardner.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Per Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, remembering Black soldiers who “marched to the front, faithful to the country when others were faithless—who were rallying around the flag when Rebels were trampling it under feet; true to the country when she wanted a friend.” See commonplace.online/article/vol-...
Detail from the front page of the 10 October 1863 issue of the Weekly Anglo-African (a Black newspaper published in New York) that shows Frances Ellen Watkins Harper’s poem “The Massachusetts Fifty-Fourth,” commemorating the efforts of the famed all-Black Civil War regiment. For more on the poem including its full text, see https://scholarlyediting.org/2013/editions/aa.18631010.1.html and https://journals.psu.edu/phj/article/view/25194/24963
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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers @legacy1984.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
As promised, let's have a look together at the incredible contents of the latest issue of Legacy! ✏ Firstly: "Learning to Read American Women Writers" by Patricia Okker 1/3
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Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Join us for our FREE Tech Hour Zoom workshops on getting started with digital literary recovery projects, digital humanities project management, and teaching with existing digital recovery projects! All are welcome. #academicsky #disruptthecanon Learn more: recoveryhub.siue.edu/.../14/summe...
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Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
In 2020, a National Endowment for the Humanities grant made our work at the Recovery Hub possible. The term for our grant recently ended as scheduled, and we're happy to say we're still here—and we're still working to help you recover neglected works by women writers of the Americas! #academicsky
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Alice de Galzain @alicedegalzain.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Thank you so much Eagan and Max for your great work! So honored and happy to see my essay in @legacy1984.bsky.social
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