Media
Articles & Op-Eds
"'Childless Cat Ladies' Have Long Promoted the Welfare of American Children—And the Nation"
How a Pioneering Sex Survey Changed How Americans Thoughts About Female Sexuality in the 1920s
When Valentine's Day Was a Salute to Same-Sex Romance
Why Legal Personhood Requires Voluntary Parenthood
How Bicycles Liberated Women in Victorian America
The Birth Control Debate, Then and Now
A Vacation Paradise for Single Women
The Gilded Age Origins of Galentine's Day
Challenging Gender Norms in Gilded Age New York
Same-Sex Couples in American Politics
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When Lesbians Led the Women’s Suffrage Movement
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Why Calling Female Professors "Dr." Matters
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The History and Politics of Sex Work Policy
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The Gender Gap in American Politics
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Features
The Politics of Motherhood and the Presidential Race (NYT)
How Women Saved the City (Bloomberg)
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The Queer Suffragists Who Fought for Women's Right to Vote (Them)
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Thousands of Women Fought Against the Right to Vote (Washington Post)
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The Craziest Reasons Women Were Denied the Vote (Grunge)
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Early Motherhood Has Always Been Miserable (New York Times)
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Lives of UChicago Professors Offer Insight Into LGBTIQ History (Chicago Tribune)
Podcasts and Presentations
Eastern Standard Radio Segment
(Sophonisba Breckinridge)
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(Sophonisba Breckinridge)
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Unsung History Podcast
(Sophonisba Breckinridge)
Book Talk and Signing Slideshow
(Sophonisba Breckinridge)
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Championing Women's Activism in Modern America
(Hull House Presentation)
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Forgotten Feminist: Sophonisba Breckinridge and Women's Activism in Progressive-Era Chicago
(Newberry Library Presentation)
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Sophonisba Breckinridge, First Woman Lawyer
(Filson Historical Society Presentation)
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