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Liette Gidlow

@profgidlow.bsky.social
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Historian of US politics, voting rights, women, race, 19thA Wrote TheBigVote & Obama,Clinton,Palin Radcliffe Fellow@Harvard. Swam in RFK Sr's pool

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Liette Gidlow @profgidlow.bsky.social · 16h
sending the bat signal to @cwolbrecht.bsky.social . A 'moment of gender' emergency
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Lisa Materson @lmaterson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Pleased to share my new article, "The Solidarity of Citizenship: Marriage, Statelessness, and the Puerto Rican Nation in Laura Meneses’s Path to the United Nations," now out in Latino Studies.
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The Solidarity of Citizenship: Marriage, Statelessness, and the Puerto Rican Nation in Laura Meneses’s Path to the United Nations - Latino Studies
This article traces Laura Meneses’s anticolonial activism in defense of Puerto Rico’s independence through her shifting citizenship and hemispheric residences. Born a Peruvian citizen in 1894, Meneses...
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Liette Gidlow @profgidlow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
💯
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
do men understand the extent to which women are ready to burn it all down right now
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Liette Gidlow @profgidlow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Because Cornell cares"
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Liette Gidlow @profgidlow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Grassley's role in all this is interesting. As if the senior senator from *Iowa* didn't know the difference between Hawks and Hawkeyes www.ms.now/news/eric-sc...
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Eric Schmitt was warned about the Jack Smith texts. He used them anyway.
As Republicans on Capitol Hill try to figure out how Eric Schmitt’s bombshell fell apart so embarrassingly, it turns out he was warned that the texts were unvetted.
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Liette Gidlow @profgidlow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
As if the senior senator from *Iowa* didn't know the difference between Hawks and Hawkeyes
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Andrew Sinclair @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hegseth is attacking our country more effectively than he is attacking Iran.
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Liette Gidlow @profgidlow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Judiciary Cmte staff saying, not our circus "Judiciary staff, however, explicitly warned Schmitt’s team that the texts were unvetted and that it was their responsibility to verify the information, the source said."
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Liette Gidlow @profgidlow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
to note the obvi, this is often true within the profession as well as outside it
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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Editor Sophia Dasser and reporter Cereese Qusba of the Cornell Daily Sun are the reason we now know about the gang rape case at Cornell and the university’s shameful under-reaction. Nice work, ladies. (📸 Heather Ainsworth)
Two young women, one in a hijab, huddled over lap tops in a newsroom.
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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.metrotimes.com/uncategorize...
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Detroit’s first Black-led grocery store sends out a fundraising SOS amid financial struggles - Detroit Metro Times
Detroit People’s Food Co-op is turning to its members and the community for help as it works through cash-flow problems and rising operating costs.
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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Tracy Thomas @proftracythomas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Enjoyed speaking on the National Association of Women Lawyers' podcast about trailblazing legacies and transformations of the first woman judge and women in the law. You can listen here: nawlpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/the...
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Jack El-Hai @jackelhai.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"A true trailblazer." Today's pre-orderable #history book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @herstoryprof.bsky.social & @nyupress.bsky.social! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe
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Liette Gidlow @profgidlow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Fine work by #ohiouniversity history intern Imani Estrada on segregation and resistance in southern Ohio
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Liette Gidlow @profgidlow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
historian says 💯
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Liette Gidlow @profgidlow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Cornell '97
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Liette Gidlow @profgidlow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Cornell '97
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Liette Gidlow @profgidlow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
lose their dignity, their careers, and their souls
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Liette Gidlow @profgidlow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Durba you are rockin' it. Congratulations! We *need* your work.
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Liette Gidlow @profgidlow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Hello! Try cutting it at the break. Tend to the bottom half as usual. Make a clean cut in the top part just below where the lowest leaves sprout; place in a glass of water. Roots should sprout. When a root system has sprouted, dust with rooting hormone (fr garden store) & plant in soil. Good luck!
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Liette Gidlow @profgidlow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
central OH. But it was all over the Columbus news stations. That little town was practically wiped off the map. Terrible
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Liette Gidlow @profgidlow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
i remember this so clearly
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Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Retired old lady here who likes teaching; if you know it's in my areas of expertise and scheduling works out, would be happy to do a couple of zoom dialogue/conversation gigs in your class this academic year. (Possibility in person Boston-ish.) Not looking for honorarium.
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Liette Gidlow @profgidlow.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
chef's kiss
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Liette Gidlow @profgidlow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
not a convention Rather, The Republican Show
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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
They put 1.2 MILLION voters on a secret suspense list in Texas. 300K in Houston alone. Most don’t know they’re on it. Deadline to fix it: October 5th. No online registration. No same-day registration. This is the cheat in real time. www.standingourground.us/p/12-million...
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Standing Our Ground | Harry Dunn | Substack
Girl Dad. Lifelong Democrat. Hip-Hop Lover. Former Capitol Police Officer. Believer of Good Trouble. Click to read Standing Our Ground, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of…
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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Jacob Lawrence Yes for #MemoryDay #LaborDay #BlackSky Lawrence painted the exodus of African Americans from the rural South to Northern cities during and after WWI, when industry needed workers. As the son of migrants, he had a personal connection. alt-text: several Black men in line for work
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Jacob Lawrence. The labor agent who had been sent South by Northern industry was a very familiar person in the Negro counties. 1940-41 | MoMA
Jacob Lawrence. The labor agent who had been sent South by Northern industry was a very familiar person in the Negro counties. 1940-41. Casein tempera on hardboard. 18 x 12" (45.7 x 30.5 cm). Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy. 28.1942.14. Painting and Sculpture
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Durba Mitra @durba.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
next monday, I will be speaking about my book, The Future That Was, at Notre Dame. Thanks to the Critical Empire Studies Working Group for the invitation.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/09/2026
Breaking News: Robin Morgan, a prolific feminist writer, radical activist and former Ms. magazine editor, has died. She was 85.
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Robin Morgan, Voice of Radical Feminism, Dies at 85
She edited the landmark 1970 anthology “Sisterhood Is Powerful,” led Ms. magazine and helped build the institutions of the modern feminist movement.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 05/09/2026
🎉 WIN: A right-wing group tried to force Michigan to place a proposed constitutional amendment requiring proof of citizenship to vote on the November ballot. The Supreme Court just denied the request. Here’s why the amendment is likely dead:
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Supreme Court denies right-wing group’s bid to force Michigan proof-of-citizenship measure on November ballot
The denial, issued by Justice Brett Brett Kavanaugh, likely means the measure is dead.
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Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
One of my all-time favorites: "I Was a Playboy Bunny," by Gloria Steinem, 1963. www.encyclopedia.com/social-scien...
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I Was a Playboy Bunny | Encyclopedia.com
I Was a Playboy BunnyArticle By: Gloria SteinemDate: 1963 Source for information on I Was a Playboy Bunny: Gender Issues and Sexuality: Essential Primary Sources dictionary.
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Einav Rabinovitch-Fox @einavrfox.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem is featured heavily in my book because she was not only a fashion icon but a trailblazer who understood her power and used it. She surely going to be missed. What a life she had. Rest in Power.
Gloria Steinem and Dorothy Pitman Hughes raising their fists
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Laura R. Prieto @laurarprieto.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
WCVB reporter Leanna Scachetti interviewed me & Marta Crilly about our @maryelizaproject.bsky.social a while back; today the story aired. Happy primary day to Boston! Let’s use our hard-won rights and vote!
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Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · 02/09/2026
DHS failed to back up its claims about noncitizens on voter rolls, and is doubling down by announcing more (sham) investigations. Let's be clear: this is another attempt to undermine public confidence in elections. The truth: only U.S. citizens vote in our elections. Repost to spread the word.
DHS data on noncitizen voters in Nevada is disputed. Initially estimated at 15,903, the revised estimate is 185. Verified noncitizens = 0 because DHS refuses to provide matching data and methodology on the list of 185 voters making verification of claims impossible.
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Durba Mitra @durba.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
thanks to the generosity of colleagues, i will speaking about my work and my book, The Future That Was, this fall. Come through if you can! Sept 14 - Notre Dame Gender Studies Sept 28 - University of Toronto WGSI Oct 5 - Reed College Oct 15 - UChicago RDI Oct 26 - London School of Economics
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Journal of Women's History @jwomenshistory.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Congratulations to Dr. Lauren Duval (our new book review editor)! Dr. Duval's book, The Home Front, was recently awarded the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic's Mary Kelley Prize in Gender and Women’s History. Her work was also co-awarded the SHEAR Book Prize. Amazing work!
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Liette Gidlow @profgidlow.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
a beautiful piece -- it's full of love
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Liette Gidlow @profgidlow.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Historian here. 💯 this. "We're seeing the largest attack on Black political representation since the end of Reconstruction."
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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I think it might be helpful for leaders in other states to tune in to these as well. Perhaps coordination can happen at multiple levels across states.
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Liette Gidlow @profgidlow.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
this makes historians so happy
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Judith Weisenfeld @jlweisenfeld.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The deadline for proposals for the next round of @xroadproj.bsky.social grants is approaching. Spread the word!
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Liette Gidlow @profgidlow.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Kovic's Born on the Fourth of July is a great read for undergrads
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Liette Gidlow @profgidlow.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
watch the busted robot get more attention paid to its well-being than many people
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Liette Gidlow @profgidlow.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
or "literally"
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ProfKori @profkori.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Amen!
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Liette Gidlow @profgidlow.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
“I get mad about all the monuments. We commemorate secession, and we shouldn’t be commemorating that. I want a plaque there, something [like] ‘At this door, over 400 people were separated from their families and auctioned off against their will. ... [W]e acknowledge the suffering that went on.’”
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
One common thread since Callais: Black voter turnout in the South skyrocketed
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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
To help get out the vote and protect elections, we’re encouraging teachers to focus on voting rights & the Constitution this fall. Help send free voting rights toolkits — with lessons, posters, stickers, infographics, & more — to educators nationwide. More: www.zinnedproject.org/news/send-fr...
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Send Free Voting Rights Toolkits to Classrooms
To contribute to national efforts to get out the vote and defend the elections, we encourage middle and high school teachers to focus on voting rights and the Constitution in September and October. We...
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