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Nancy Baker
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Historian, feminist, UU. Currently finishing a book on the long conservative women's movement in 20th-c. America. My other book project is on feminist legal reformers in 20th-c. Texas, particularly at mid-century.
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Free and online: the 2nd annual Texas Digital Humanities Symposium, Sept. 9-11. This virtual conference spans three days, and each day will run from 9am-11:30am CST and 1:30pm-4pm CST. Space is limited -- sign up now.

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Texas Digital Humanities Symposium 2025
Join Us at the Texas Digital Humanities Symposium! Date: September 9-11, 2025 Location: Virtual (Zoom) Immerse Yourself in Digital Humanities Join us in exploring digital...
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May 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Thanks to a suggestion from @artcrimeprof.bsky.social‬, I just purchased this book by @amayor.bsky.social and am looking forward to reading it!

#BookSky #history

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The First Fossil Hunters: Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times
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February 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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During these challenging times, Moxie the cat wants to remind you that proper hydration is important to good self-care.
Photo of calico cat resting with her front legs entirely submerged in a large water dish while she looks at the camera.
February 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Giving a research talk tomorrow to my university's Phi Alpha Theta history honors society on the feminist legal reformer Hermine Tobolowsky, known as "the mother of the Texas Equal Rights Amendment."
Phi Alpha Theta Faculty Lecture Series, Dr. Nancy Baker presents, "Hermine Tobolowsky's Cold War Feminism, the Military Draft, and the ERA in Texas," Monday, February 10th, 2 pm in Olson Auditorium. Decorative image of Hermine Tobolowsky.
February 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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My kitten dipped her paws in her water dish and left these markings on a pad of paper... is it art? Is it a coded message? What do you think she is trying to say??? 😸
Picture of kitten's wet paw prints on a pad of paper in a mysterious pattern that could be art or could be a coded message. Picture of small calico kitten balanced on a tree branch.
November 24, 2024 at 9:58 PM
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Delighted that Percival Everett's book "James" won the National Book Award for fiction. Imaginative, funny, gut-wrenching, dramatic -- really, an incredible book. If you haven't read it yet, you should.

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Percival Everett, Author of ‘James,’ Wins National Book Award for Fiction
Jason De León received the nonfiction award for “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling.”
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November 24, 2024 at 9:52 PM
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Encouraging.

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Opinion | Down About the Election? There Is a Speech I Want You to Read.
Frederick Douglass knew what to do when faced with Jim Crow.
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November 24, 2024 at 8:06 PM
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Joan DeJean's Mutinous Women (2022) traces 132 women wrongfully arrested and exiled in 1719 to the New World; they would become founders of New Orleans. This book is a tremendous accomplishment and well worth reading. 💙📚 #history #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory

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Mutinous Women - How French Convicts became founding Mothers of the Gulf Coast
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November 17, 2024 at 5:37 PM