I’m a historian by trade, and I love history. But that wasn’t always so. When I was in high school and then college in the 1960s, history courses were boring to me. Everything had to do with old white men and wars. So how did I get to love it?

In the late sixties and early seventies, I got involved in the antiwar, women’s, and social justice movements. Oddly enough, I also took up embroidery, something I had done a little of when I was a kid. The embroidery and the women’s movement took me to the study of women’s history. . . and here I am today. I have an M.A. in Women’s History from Sarah Lawrence College and a Ph.D. in History from Stony Brook University. I’ve taught for a total of forty-eight years and have authored five books which are featured on this website.

Oh, and lest I forget. . . I’m a musical theater freak and will go to see most anything.