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Western Association of Women Historians (WAWH)

@WAWHTweets

Founded in 1969, we are the largest regional women’s historical association in the U.S. Next Conference: April 22-23, 2022, Costa Mesa, CA.

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AHA PCB@PCB_AHA24 Jul 2023
The Western Association of Women Historians @WAWHTweets features Judy Tzu-Chun Wu on "Rethinking US Feminism Through Patsy Takemoto Mink, First Woman of Color in Congress." 3/3
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Akshita Sivakumar, Ph.D @moredustings.bsky.social@moredustings14 Jun 2023
I wrote my dissertation with joy + sanity intact because my local cafe held me in life-affirming community. They protected my space where I wrote 6x/wk. So many regulars cheered me on. An older patron once whispered "You're a genius" (I'm not) in my ear, and shared poetry🥹…
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Tina Shull@kristinashull1 Apr 2023
What an honor—my book #DetentionEmpire @UNC_Press was awarded an honorable mention First Book award from @IEHS1965! Congrats to @DrMikeAmezcua who won the award for his book, Making Mexican Chicago!🔥✨ – at Los Angeles, CA
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Organization of American Historians@The_OAH2 Feb 2023
The OAH Executive Committee firmly denounces Florida's Department of Education's decision to reject AP African American Studies, leading to decisions to strip scholarship from the curriculum. (1/2)
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ASPHS@ASPHS11 May 2022
We congratulate S. Elizabeth Penry,  who has been awarded the ASPHS First Book Prize for 2022 for The People Are King: The Making of an Indigenous Andean Politics (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019).
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Dr. Arunima Datta@migrationhist17 Nov 2022
Replying to @RobinGanev @RanaAnwesha @qudsiya_Ah @CambridgeUP @CUPAcademic @TheNACBS @WAWHTweets @nwsa
🥹🤗🙏🏽 wait till paperback 😉
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Dr. Arunima Datta@migrationhist8 Oct 2021
Incredibly honored and humbled to win the NWSA book award for my book Fleeting Agencies. Thank you @nwsa and everyone who made this book possible! #twitterstorians
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Congrats to our Sara A. Whaley Prize winners! Suyapa Portillo Villeda: Roots of Resistance: A Story of Gender, Race and Labor of the North Coast of Honduras Arunima Datta: Fleeting Agencies: A Social History of Indian Coolie Women in British Malaya Celebrate 10/16 @ #NWSA2021!
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The Oregonian@Oregonian9 Nov 2022
The Oregonian calls the Oregon governor's race: Democrat Tina Kotek has won the race for Oregon governor, defeating Republican Christine Drazan. l.oregonlive.com/HKu8Ex
Photo shows newly elected Oregon governor Tina Kotek standing in a green space with trees behind her. Text reads election results 2022, tina kotek is the new governor of oregon

ALT Photo shows newly elected Oregon governor Tina Kotek standing in a green space with trees behind her. Text reads election results 2022, tina kotek is the new governor of oregon

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Natalia_Molina@Prof_NataliaM14 Oct 2022
I’m putting this special issue of the @JournAmHist on my syllabus ASAP, feat works by @prof_erikalee @irpinaingiro @kgmkenny @mireyalozaphd @adamsigoodman @YaelSchacher @pochogreatermx @MinnaStern 📕📚 academic.oup.com/jah/issue/1…
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Natalia_Molina@Prof_NataliaM14 Oct 2022
Every prof I know in LA is putting aside their lesson plans and teaching this now 👩🏽‍🏫 What are you using to help your students understand racial divides but also moments of possibility across the color line? latimes.com/opinion/story/20…
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Ashley R. Sanders@throughthe_veil17 May 2018
Excited to announce my new position @ucla! I am Vice Chair of the #DH program and a core faculty member. Ecstatic to join @miriamkp @ToddPresner, Johanna Drucker, @wzzw, and so many other amazing scholars! Follow the happenings @UCLA_DH!
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Dr. Cathleen Cahill@CathleenDCahill20 Jun 2022
Replying to @pliley @womnknowhistory @AAIHS @TheCCWH @BerksConference @WAWHTweets @SAWH1970
@WomensWest
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Mona Siegel@mona_siegel12 May 2022
It's not just about #abortion. My brilliant colleague Rebecca Kluchin explains the dire consequences of elevating the rights of fetuses over pregnant women. #twitterstorians @womnknowhistory @WAWHTweets washingtonpost.com/outlook/2…
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Idaho State University History Department@HistoryISU25 Apr 2022
📣Congratulations to Dr. Arunima Datta @migrationhist for receiving the Western Association of Women Historians’ Gita Chaudhuri Book Award for her book FLEETING AGENCIES: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF INDIAN COOLIE WOMEN IN BRITISH MALAYA (2021)! @WAWHTweets @ISUArtsLetters @IdahoStateU
Dr. Arunima Datta receives award

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Adria L. Imada@AdriaImada24 Apr 2022
Thanks to everyone attending today’s #WAWH2022 keynote! Raffle of my 2 books - @ucpress Archive of Skin and Aloha America - raised $ for graduate student funds @WAWHTweets
Poster: 54th Annual WAWH Conference. Adria Imada, Professor of History, UC Irvine. Luncheon Keynote Address. Dr. Imada will speak on her new book, An Archive of Skin, An Archive of Kin: Disability and Life-Making during Medical Incarceration

ALT Poster: 54th Annual WAWH Conference. Adria Imada, Professor of History, UC Irvine. Luncheon Keynote Address. Dr. Imada will speak on her new book, An Archive of Skin, An Archive of Kin: Disability and Life-Making during Medical Incarceration

Table with two books: An Archive of Skin and Aloha America

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Ashley R. Sanders@throughthe_veil22 Apr 2022
#WAWH2022 is getting underway! Registration is set up with swag, a raffle for Adria Imada's books, and a history of @WAWHTweets !
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historian julie@historianjulie21 Apr 2022
I'm thrilled to be presenting at my first conference this weekend, the WAWH Annual Conference! @WAWHTweets Saturday at 1:30 I'll be presenting on women and gendered divisions of labor on the American frontier #twitterhistorians
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Ashley R. Sanders@throughthe_veil19 Apr 2022
Ecstatic for my first in-person conference in more than 2 years! @wawhtweets, here I come! I’ll be presenting with some of my academic heroes Friday @ 8:30a PDT in the presidential panel on #DigitalHistory. Curious? Join us! This panel is meant for everyone. #twitterstorians
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BREAKING: The U.S. Senate has voted 53 to 47 to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Once sworn in, Judge Jackson will become only the 6th woman — and first Black woman — to serve on the high court.
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Smithsonian’s NMAAHC@NMAAHC20 Mar 2022
The Godmother of Rock & Roll, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, was born #OTD in 1915. Tharpe’s performances developed a secular following due to her powerful guitar riffs & charismatic posturing on stage. Her sound ushered in the new genre of rock & roll. #HiddenHerstory #APeoplesGroove
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