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Lisa Materson

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Historian of US women's and gender history. Author of forthcoming book Radical Solidarity: Ruth Reynolds, Political Allyship, and the Battle for Puerto Rico's Independence (UNC, 2024)


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These were part of the Get-Out-the-Vote campaigns of the 1920s. The League of Women Voters, comprised of former suffragists, hoped to prove that the #19A was not a flop. You can read more in my JohnsHopkinsUPress book:

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How Black Librarians Helped Create Generations of Black Literature

Recent scholarship is uncovering the role of the women who ran libraries during the Harlem Renaissance where they built collections and communities of writers and readers
www.nytimes.com/2024/06/19/a...

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Thrilled to see my book _Radical Solidarity: Ruth Reynolds, Political Allyship, and the Battle for Puerto Rico's Independence_ in this amazing lineup of Fall 2024 UNC Press books!
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Book talk at Central Barnes & Noble Bookstore. Thanks to Gil Gigliotti for organizing and Media Commons for getting video.
"Beyond Norma Rae: How Puerto Rican & Southern White Women Fought for a Place in the American Working Class"
@uncpress.bsky.social 01UNCP30 discount
uncpress.org/book/9781469...

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In Perspectives on History, read a Long Overdue tribute to diplomatic historian Merze Tate, who died in 1996. 🗃️

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