Author Talk

Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson & America’s Journey from Slavery to Segregation

There will be a pre-talk reception at 5:30.

Steve Luxenberg presents a myth-shattering narrative of how a nation embraced “separation” and its pernicious consequences. Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme ...

History of Women and Gender Seminar

Panel: Feminist Economics

Location: Knafel Center, Radcliffe Institute

These papers begin a conversation on the intersection of the study of the women’s liberation movement with the history of capitalism. Danielle Dumaine’s paper ...

Teacher Workshop

Teaching the Industrial Revolution in Massachusetts

Registration fee: $25 per person

Lowell’s water-powered textile mills catapulted the nation – including immigrant families and early female factory workers – into an uncertain new ...