Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Gloria Steinem: As a senior in high school in 1975-76, I interned at Ms. Magazine. Gloria was kind to me, and a formidable presence. 050
Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 10/04/2026This episode of the Sacred Nine Project podcast is SO good: Bruce Dorsey, Professor of History, Swarthmore College, @profbrucedorsey.bsky.social, speaking with C. Leonard Raybon, about translating *Murder in a Mill Town* into the vocal concert *American Martyr.* Wow.open.spotify.com38} History in Translation 021
Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 07/04/2026A “stunning, deeply moving book”: So grateful for the review of *My Hijacking* in *Reviews in American History*! “Hodes is a renowned historian of nineteenth-century America, but here she brings her formidable skills . . . to bear on a more personal story, albeit one shot through with geopolitics.” 061
Reposted by Martha HodesBruce Dorsey @profbrucedorsey.bsky.social · 29/03/2026AMERICAN MARTYR concert preceded last night by a lively conversation called "History in Translation: Creative Adaptation of History Writing" with @profbrucedorsey.bsky.social and C. Leonard Raybon of Tulane University and the Sacred Nine Project 051
Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 29/03/2026An magnificent event--history "brought to life in a new creative way"! 010
Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 28/03/2026No Kings, Delaware County, PA--great turn-out! Loved this sign. 041
Reposted by Martha HodesBruce Dorsey @profbrucedorsey.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Excited for upcoming world premiere concert, AMERICAN MARTYR, by composer C. Leonard Raybon and inspired by my book MURDER IN A MILL TOWN, at @swarthmorecollege.bsky.social on Friday, March 27 at 8pm. Sponsored by the William J. Cooper Foundation. 1196
Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Philly area folks--exciting upcoming event on Friday, March 27! World premiere, “American Martyr,” inspired by the book *Murder in a Mill Town,* by Bruce Dorsey @profbrucedorsey.bsky.social, Lang Concert Hall, Swarthmore College. Free and open to the public. 062
Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 12/03/2026So proud of my NYU PhD advisee Emilie Connolly! Congratulations to Emilie and to Beth Lew Williams, too--wonderful news all around.nytimes.comHistories of Native American Treaties and Anti-Chinese Violence Win Bancroft Prize 070
Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 25/01/2026"Empty bolt holes and shadows are all that remains on the brick walls where explanatory panels were displayed . . . One woman cried silently at their absence. . . . A hand-lettered sign said 'Slavery was real.'" . . . It's all connected. bit.ly/4q21GI9bit.lyPhiladelphia sues Trump administration over removal of slavery exhibit from public parkOutraged critics accused President Donald Trump of “whitewashing history” on Friday after the National Park Service removed an exhibit on slavery at Philadelphia's Independence National Historical Par... 072
Reposted by Martha HodesLegalEagle @legaleagle.tv · 24/01/2026Alex Pretti’s last words were “are you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face. 126168225452
Reposted by Martha HodesAmerican Historical Association @historians.org · 23/01/2026AHA member @marthahodes.bsky.social wrote a book about a formative experience in her life—in 1970, at 12 years old she was held hostage for a week inside an airplane in the Jordan desert. Read her Member Spotlight to learn how she used her historical research training for this project. 🗃️historians.orgAHA Member Spotlight: Martha Hodes – AHAMartha Hodes is professor of history at New York University. She lives in New York, NY, and has been a member since 1989. 081
Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Thank you, American Historical Association! @historians.org www.historians.org/perspectives...historians.orgAHA Member Spotlight: Martha Hodes – AHAMartha Hodes is professor of history at New York University. She lives in New York, NY, and has been a member since 1989. 1152
Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 23/01/2026A wonderful evening in conversation with Ben Yagoda, discussing Ben’s latest book, *Alias O. Henry: A Novel* at Pete’s Tavern, O. Henry’s famous New York City haunt. Congratulations, Ben, on this masterful work of historical fiction! 020
Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Right after college, in the early 1980s, I served with VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America), working with Southeast Asian refugees--Vietnamese, Cambodian, Lao, Hmong, Minh: Yes, the ignorance of history called out here. Exactly this. 👇👇 081
Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 18/01/2026My parents, both principal Martha Graham dancers, would have been pleased. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/a...nytimes.comMartha Graham Dance Company Won’t Celebrate Centennial at Kennedy Center 07012
Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 01/12/2025New York area friends, I'm looking forward to this conversation, this Thursday, December 4. Join us if you can! www.gc.cuny.edu/events/megan...gc.cuny.eduMegan Marshall on the Art of Biography, with Martha HodesMegan Marshall’s innovative books, including The Peabody Sisters and the Pulitzer Prize–winning Margaret Fuller, are treasured works of American biography. 160
Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 19/10/2025As a veteran of city rallies, I found No Kings Day in the trending-blue Philly suburbs fascinating: hundreds of protestors lining the Baltimore Pike (peacefully avoiding interactions with mingling MAGAs), while cars honked in solidarity (with MAGA middle fingers mixed in). A beautiful afternoon. 160
Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 09/10/2025More thoughtful and intense than "happy hour"! Thank you, Yale Club of New York, for last night's event about *My Hijacking.* 031
Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Incredible new bookstore in Swarthmore, Pa.! Thrilled to be there at the ribbon-cutting! 070
Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Wonderful evening last night at Rotary Arts, in conversation with brilliant poet Nat Anderson, Swarthmore College, talking about *My Hijacking.* Great audience! 020
Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 08/08/2025My mother's obit in the New York Times captures her long, productive life.nytimes.comLinda Hodes, Dancer Who Championed Martha Graham’s Vision, Dies at 94 160
Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Linda Hodes, 1931 - 2025. She was the oldest living Martha Graham dancer. 6353
Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 21/06/2025A wonderful evening at The Quadrangle in Haverford, PA . . . even though a lightning strike and phenomenal storm meant no lights or tech! No matter. The audience was so engaged, with beautiful, caring questions. Thank you. (pic taken before the lights went out) 030
Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 14/06/2025History-relevant messages at Philadelphia's No Kings protest today. 040
Reposted by Martha HodesHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 09/06/2025Let's all take a moment to read the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878. It's only one sentence. 2830211321
Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Bowdoin College 45th reunion: I was not there, but my book was--and Bowdoin friends make an appearance in the memoir. Thank you, Bowdoin, for the shout-out. 160
Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 23/05/2025*My Hijacking* recently displayed at Authors' Celebration, NYU Center for the Humanities. Thank you! [Photo credit: ©Braddock Jr.: Courtesy of NYU Photo Bureau] 041
Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 14/04/2025On this 160th anniversary of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, I quote from his magisterial Gettysburg Address, 1863: "that this nation . . . shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” 0216
Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 06/04/2025" . . . that this nation. . . shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth": Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, 1863, and today in New York City (and all over the country). 0232
Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Go see this incredible one-man show, based on the book by historian Marcus Rediker, @marcusrediker.bsky.social, playing in New York NOW and heading to Philadelphia in May. It is so timely. You will be deeply moved. 1145
Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 15/03/2025So deeply looking forward to reading this book about race, color, enslavement, freedom, and, most of all, family, by the ever-brilliant Martha Jones, @marthasjones.bsky.social. *The Color of Trouble: An American Family Memoir* 1103
Reposted by Martha HodesMartha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Thank you, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner David Levering Lewis for naming *My Hijacking* as one of the books “on your night stand” in this Sunday’s New York Times Book Review. I can’t wait to read Lewis’s new book, *The Stained Glass Window.* www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/b...nytimes.comInterview: David Levering Lewis on ‘The Stained Glass Window’ and His Reading LifeThe august scholar has two Pulitzer Prizes and a National Humanities Medal. In “The Stained Glass Window,” he seeks to explain “macro-history as family history.” 091
Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Thank you, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner David Levering Lewis for naming *My Hijacking* as one of the books “on your night stand” in this Sunday’s New York Times Book Review. I can’t wait to read Lewis’s new book, *The Stained Glass Window.* www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/b...nytimes.comInterview: David Levering Lewis on ‘The Stained Glass Window’ and His Reading LifeThe august scholar has two Pulitzer Prizes and a National Humanities Medal. In “The Stained Glass Window,” he seeks to explain “macro-history as family history.” 091
Reposted by Martha HodesKelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 18/02/2025They don't want to teach history so they can repeat it. 577343975996
Reposted by Martha HodesDeirdre Mullane @mullanelit.bsky.social · 18/02/2025for fans of historical true crime - the case that started it all - see you Saturday @profbrucedorsey.bsky.social @oxfordunipress.bsky.social #bksky 081
Reposted by Martha HodesMassachusetts Historical Society @mhs1791.bsky.social · 18/02/2025There is still time to register for this event, which takes place on Saturday at the Charles River Museum. Join us in honoring @profbrucedorsey.bsky.social on his wonderful book, *Murder in a Mill Town.* <https://www.masshist.org/events/peter-j-gomes-memorial-book-prize-ceremony-2024> 063
Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 12/02/2025"It is ... for us, the living" to "be dedicated to the great task remaining before us" that "government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." 050
Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Wow. Thank you very kindly, Honor Sachs @drhonor.bsky.social. 1212
Reposted by Martha HodesBruce Dorsey @profbrucedorsey.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Boston area folks: On Feb, 22, join me for a conversation with @manionjen.bsky.social about "Murder in a Mill Town." I'm honored to receive the Peter J. Gomes Memorial Book Prize. #Boston #Massachusetts #Skyhistorians 24613
Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 21/01/2025January 19, 2025: Things do get worse. Tomorrow will be worse. January 20, 2025: Besides that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play? January 21, 2025: Horrible, thanks for asking. 020
Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 20/01/2025January 20, 2025: Besides that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play? 040
Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 19/01/2025January 19, 2025: Things do get worse. Tomorrow will be worse. 250