Tag: Women’s History

Clara Barton and Mr. Jones: From Gettysburg to I Street

guest post by Marian Moser Jones Last week, a man identifying himself as George Jones from Chicago left a cryptic voicemail on my office phone: “I have some information for you about Clara Barton. Please call.” In the months since the publication of my book, The American Red Cross from Clara Barton to the New…

Clara Barton and Mr. Jones: From Gettysburg to I Street

guest post by Marian Moser Jones Last week, a man identifying himself as George Jones from Chicago left a cryptic voicemail on my office phone: “I have some information for you about Clara Barton. Please call.” In the months since the publication of my book, The American Red Cross from Clara Barton to the New…

A Feminist Examination of Global Conferences

Guest post by Jean Quataert and Benita Roth, special guest editors The Journal of Women’s History recently published a special issue (24, 4 Winter 2012) on “Human Rights, Global Conferences, and the Making of Postwar Transnational Feminisms.” The collection of essays and the reminiscences by global feminist activists shows the importance of United Nations-sponsored world conferences…

A Feminist Examination of Global Conferences

Guest post by Jean Quataert and Benita Roth, special guest editors The Journal of Women’s History recently published a special issue (24, 4 Winter 2012) on “Human Rights, Global Conferences, and the Making of Postwar Transnational Feminisms.” The collection of essays and the reminiscences by global feminist activists shows the importance of United Nations-sponsored world conferences…