Western Association of Women Historians

PROMOTING THE INTERESTS OF WOMEN HISTORIANS

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Call for Papers: Women and Religion in the Early Americas

Early American Studies, a journal published by the University of Pennsylvania Press, is seeking contributions for a special issue that will be published in 2019. Find the full call for papers below. Call For Papers: Women and Religion in the Early Americas For a special issue in honor of the life and career of Mary Maples Dunn, Early […]

New Book: A Field of Their Own: Women and American Indian History, 1830 – 1941

One hundred and forty years before Gerda Lerner established women’s history as a specialized field in 1972, a small group of women began to claim American Indian history as their own domain. A Field of Their Own, published by University of Oklahoma Press, examines nine key figures in American Indian scholarship to reveal how women came […]

About the WAWH

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The Western Association of Women Historians was founded in 1969 to promote the interests of women historians both in academic settings and in the field of history generally. The WAWH is the largest of the regional women's historical associations in the United States. Although the majority of our members come from the Western United States, we have members from across the United States, Canada, and other countries and encourage people from any geographic area to join and participate in the organization. The WAWH … Read more

The Networker

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The WAWH publishes The Networker, a newsletter that serves as the primary means of communication between the board and the membership. Published quarterly (with Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter issues), it contains regular news of members, information about jobs, awards, calls for papers, and resources, reports by graduate … Read more