Women Make History

Women Make History is a themed lecture series of public programs featuring presentations by women authors who address topics about women in American history and culture.

Year Leaders / Presenters Title Video
2025 Nicholas L. Syrett , Ann V. Fabian The Trials of Madame Restell: Nineteenth-Century America's Most Infamous Female Physician and the Campaign to Make Abortion a Crime with Nicholas Syrett
2025 Jennifer Rycenga Schooling the Nation: The Success of the Canterbury Academy for Black Women with Jennifer Rycenga
2023 Susan Schulten Emma Willard: Maps of History Yes
2023 Barbara McCaskill , Honorée Fanonne Jeffers , Sarah Ruffing Robbins Phillis Wheatley Peters in Material Memory Yes
2023 Martha Suzanne Jones Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All Yes
2022 Mary Sarah Bilder Female Genius Yes
2022 Tiya Miles All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, A Black Family Keepsake Yes
2022 Thavolia Glymph The Women’s Fight: The Civil War’s Battles for Home, Freedom, and Nation Yes
2022 Nancy Rubin Stuart Poor Richard's Women Yes
2022 Elizabeth Block Dressing Up: The Women Who Influenced French Fashion Yes
2020 Allison Lange Picture It: The Women's Suffrage Movement Yes
2013 Amy Brill Factual Flights and Fictional Worlds Yes
2010 Marla R. Miller Betsy Ross: The Life behind the Legend Yes
2010 Ilyon Woo Discovering the Great Divorce Yes
2008 Nancy Rubin Stuart Revolutionary Muse Yes