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Nancy Isenberg

Nancy Isenberg  is the author of several books, including White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America and Sex and Citizenship in Antebellum America. Her latest book, coauthored with Andrew Burstein, is The Problem of Democracy.

Making Their Voices Heard

Making Their Voices Heard

The story behind passage of the 19th Amendment

by Nancy Isenberg | Monday, March 02, 2020
Two women stand side-by-side in front of a stand of trees. The woman on the left is dressed in a light-colored coat., while the one on the right wears black.

Southern Secrets 

Three very different women haunted by the past

by Nancy Isenberg | Monday, June 03, 2019
Waking From the Dream

Waking From the Dream

Most Americans assume society is more egalitarian than it is

by Nancy Isenberg | Monday, June 05, 2017

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2nd Look

Where Does American History Begin?

by Ted Widmer

In honor of the Fourth of July, we’re revisiting Ted Widmer’s 2008 piece “Where Does American History Begin?” For many, the obvious answer is in 1776 Philadelphia, with the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Others might argue that hints of modern America emerged in the Jamestown and Plymouth settlements. But America’s true beginnings, Widmer writes, go back much further.

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