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Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Gloria Steinem: As a senior in high school in 1975-76, I interned at Ms. Magazine. Gloria was kind to me, and a formidable presence.

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Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

This 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.

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38} History in Translation

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Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

A “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.”

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Bruce Dorsey @profbrucedorsey.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

AMERICAN 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

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Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

An magnificent event--history "brought to life in a new creative way"!

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Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

No Kings, Delaware County, PA--great turn-out! Loved this sign.

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Bruce Dorsey @profbrucedorsey.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Excited 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.

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Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Philly 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.

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Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

So proud of my NYU PhD advisee Emilie Connolly! Congratulations to Emilie and to Beth Lew Williams, too--wonderful news all around.

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Histories of Native American Treaties and Anti-Chinese Violence Win Bancroft Prize

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Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Conversations with fellow writers, almost daily, offering evidence for the Magic 8 Ball's prediction.

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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/4q21GI9

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Philadelphia sues Trump administration over removal of slavery exhibit from public park

Outraged 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...

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LegalEagle @legaleagle.tv · 24/01/2026

Alex Pretti’s last words were “are you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.

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American Historical Association @historians.org · 23/01/2026

AHA 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. 🗃️

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AHA Member Spotlight: Martha Hodes – AHA

Martha Hodes is professor of history at New York University. She lives in New York, NY, and has been a member since 1989.

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Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

A 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!

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Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Right 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. 👇👇

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Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

My parents, both principal Martha Graham dancers, would have been pleased. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/a...

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Martha Graham Dance Company Won’t Celebrate Centennial at Kennedy Center

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Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

As 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.

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Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

More thoughtful and intense than "happy hour"! Thank you, Yale Club of New York, for last night's event about *My Hijacking.*

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Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Incredible new bookstore in Swarthmore, Pa.! Thrilled to be there at the ribbon-cutting!

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Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Wonderful evening last night at Rotary Arts, in conversation with brilliant poet Nat Anderson, Swarthmore College, talking about *My Hijacking.* Great audience!

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Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Linda Hodes, 1931 - 2025. She was the oldest living Martha Graham dancer.

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Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Are we back to this? "Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, Malay and red...on separate continents....that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix" (recounted in Loving v. Virginia, 1967, striking down laws against marriage across racial categories).

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Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

A 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)

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Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

So happy I rushed to buy it at the Corner Bookstore on Madison Ave.! (I almost don't want to start it because I don't want to be finished reading it.)

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Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

History-relevant messages at Philadelphia's No Kings protest today.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 09/06/2025

Let's all take a moment to read the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878. It's only one sentence.

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Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Air Force, or the Space Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.

(Added Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, $ 18(a), 70A Stat.
626; amended Pub. L. 86-70, § 17(d), June 25, 1959, 73 Stat. 144; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIlI,
§ 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub.
L. 117-81, div. A, title X, § 1045(a), Dec. 27, 2021,
135 Stat. 1904.)

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Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Bowdoin 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.

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