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History in the Kitchen: George Washington & Apple Fritters
*Please consider a donation to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in my mom’s name (Patty Piegaro), as History in the Kitchen is my way to not only teach public history but also honor her life & raise money to help cancer patients! Use this link to donate any amount. Let’s learn about George Washington &…
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The Blue Bird & the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
If you’ve been following my social media, you are likely privy to the fact that I’ve started creating history apparel to help me cover the cost of producing The Teaching History Her Way Podcast, which is set to start season 3 this fall (!!). The latest design is from a photograph I took of a…
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Mabel Ping-Hua Lee: Suffragist, Activist, Revolutionary
Lucretia Mott. Susan B. Anthony. Elizabeth Cady Stanton. When you hear those names you probably automatically think about women’s suffrage. The women’s suffrage movement in the United States was led by far more than the usual names, though. There were women of every color, ethnicity, race, and sexuality that fought hard for universal women’s suffrage.…
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Superheroines of the Civil War
Throughout history, including during the American Civil War, women had and made choices. We can’t tell stories by downplaying women in our complicated and messy history. Using women of the Civil War, as a vehicle, Tracy Garrison Feinberg and I discuss empowerment, agency, and purpose. Women’s drive to improve society in many ways gives…
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Women Soldiers in the Civil War & Gender Expression
Images: Albert Cashier, Loreta Janeta Vasquez, Sarah Rosetta Wakeman; Sources: wikipedia.org, nyhistory.wams.org To borrow some words from Gloria Steinem, we need to make history fit women, not make women’s history fit. Women’s voices are an imperative part of the American story, and if one takes the time to peel back the layers of what is…
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Ida B. Wells-Barnett, American Hero
As I continue to reflect on women’s history month, civic action, equality, and a democratic society (among other things), I couldn’t help but write and speak about Ida B. Wells-Barnett this week. Recently, Melissa Gomez of the Los Angeles times reached out to teachers, including me, to talk to us about how we are teaching…
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Book Recommendation: Bring History and Civics to Life:
Do I have an awesome book for you to preorder! You can hear all about it in my latest podcast, linked in the above menu or you can listen to the embedded episode OR you can listen from wherever you stream podcasts. In the latest book review episode, I talk to Karalee Wong Nakatsuka and…
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Italian Immigration, Family Tradition, & Seeing Yourself
It is Christmas Eve Eve and I’m preparing myself for the behemoth task of Italian-American Christmas Eve. To me, Christmas Eve traditions have always been more important than those on Christmas Day. I vividly remember my Grandma cutting bulb after bulb of garlic (That’s right. I didn’t say clove. I said bulb.). She used to…
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Debunking the Thanksgiving Myth
The time around the Thanksgiving is my favorite time of year. I love fall colors, the smell of the fire, and fall foods. I also love the idea of gratitude and that this is a time of thankfulness and reflection. However, there are so many myths surrounding Thanksgiving, some of which are downright lies, that…
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George Washington’s Teeth- A Lesson in Looking Deeper
This week I have the honor and pleasure of attending the George Washington Teacher Institute at Mount Vernon. The hospitality and generosity of the staff here is astounding, and the scholars I’m getting to learn from just amaze me (I got to meet and listen to Lindsay Chervinsky, author of The Cabinet and an all-time…