Changing the Script: Women as History Makers
This talk considers the history of women who built archives and forged creative new ways to become history makers. Reflecting on the history of the institutions that shaped my own learning experiences as a young white woman researching Black women’s history in predominantly male, white History departments in the early 2000s and, in conversation with some of the brilliant women I’ve worked with, we’ll explore how, together, we can change the script which positions those marginalized by gender, sexuality, race and class on the sidelines of history.
Kate Dossett is Professor of American History at the University of Leeds, U.K. where she researches and teaches Women’s History and Black Studies. She is the author of two prize-wining books: Radical Black Theatre in the New Deal (University of North Carolina Press, 2020 and Bridging Race Divides: Black Feminist, Nationalism and Integrationism, 1896-1935 (University Press of Florida, 2008).
