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*Updated with a new introduction* Journalist Rebecca Traister’s New York Times bestselling exploration of the transformative power of female anger and its ability to transcend into a political movement is “a hopeful, maddening compendium of righteous feminine anger, and the good it can do...

Throughout World War II, when Saturday nights came around, servicemen and hostesses happily forgot the war for a little while as they danced together in USO clubs, which served as havens of stability in a time of social, moral, and geographic upheaval. Meghan Winchell demonstrates that in addition to boosting soldier morale, the USO acted as an architect of the gender roles and sexual codes that shaped the "greatest generation".

The revered civil rights activist and pioneering member of Congress chronicles her groundbreaking 1972 run for President as the first woman and person of color—a work of immense historical importance that both captures and transcends its times, newly reissued to commemorate the fiftieth...

Bellinghistory with the Good Time Girls is a hyper-local podcast dedicated to the quirky history of Bellingham, Washington. Hosts Kolby and Wren are co-owners of Bellinghistory Tours, aka “The Good Time Girls,” and are experienced researchers, storytellers and purveyors of local history, known for their signature sass. This podcast will appeal to history nerds who like to have a good time, in Bellingham and beyond. Hear Bellinghistory like you’ve never heard it before, with new episodes released every other week.

The companion volume to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture exhibit, opening in September 2021 With a Foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Eric Foner and a preface by veteran museum director and historian Spencer Crew An incisive and...