Lisa Materson
@lmaterson.bsky.social
Historian of US women's & gender history 🎉RADICAL SOLIDARITY🎉 Newly published @uncpress.bsky.social | https://uncpress.org/book/9781469679921/radical-solidarity/
Author website: https://www.lisamaterson.com
Author website: https://www.lisamaterson.com
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Lisa Materson
@lmaterson.bsky.social
· Dec 4
December 2024 Reads for the Rest of Us - Ms. Magazine
The best feminist books written by women, Black, brown, AAPI, LGBTQ, Native, disabled, trans, nonbinary writers in December 2024.
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Excited to see RADICAL SOLIDARITY: Ruth Reynolds, Political Allyship, and the Battle for Puerto Rico’s Independence in the Dec 2024 Reads for the Rest of Us in Ms. Thank you @karlajstrand.com for including it! @uncpress.bsky.social Check out the full list👇👇👇
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I'm thrilled to be presenting my new book RADICAL SOLIDARITY this Friday, 11/7, at the Centro de Investigaciones Históricas, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. The transmission will begin at 8 a.m. (California) / 11 a.m. (Puerto Rico) via Facebook Live: facebook.com/CIHUPR Please join!
November 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
yay!
I'm thrilled to be presenting my new book RADICAL SOLIDARITY this Friday, 11/7, at the Centro de Investigaciones Históricas, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. The transmission will begin at 8 a.m. (California) / 11 a.m. (Puerto Rico) via Facebook Live: facebook.com/CIHUPR Please join!
November 5, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I'm thrilled to be presenting my new book RADICAL SOLIDARITY this Friday, 11/7, at the Centro de Investigaciones Históricas, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. The transmission will begin at 8 a.m. (California) / 11 a.m. (Puerto Rico) via Facebook Live: facebook.com/CIHUPR Please join!
Thank you to Manuel Grajales for this wonderful review of RADICAL SOLIDARITY for H-Net Reviews @mannygrajales2.bsky.social @uncpress.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/hnet...
New book review:
Grajales on Materson, Lisa G.: _Radical Solidarity: Ruth Reynolds, Political Allyship, and the Battle for Puerto Rico's Independence_. University of North Carolina Press, 2024. Published by H-Caribbean.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20124313
Grajales on Materson, Lisa G.: _Radical Solidarity: Ruth Reynolds, Political Allyship, and the Battle for Puerto Rico's Independence_. University of North Carolina Press, 2024. Published by H-Caribbean.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20124313
Materson, Lisa G.. Radical Solidarity: Ruth Reynolds, Political Allyship, and the Battle for Puerto Rico's Independence. : University of North Carolina Press, 2024. 286 pp. $29.95 (paper), ISBN 9781469679921. Reviewed by Manuel A. Grajales (University of North Texas) Published on H-Caribbean (September, 2025) Commissioned by Aaron Coy Moulton (Stephen F. Austin State University)
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September 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Thank you to Manuel Grajales for this wonderful review of RADICAL SOLIDARITY for H-Net Reviews @mannygrajales2.bsky.social @uncpress.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/hnet...
I am grateful to Mónica Jiménez for this beautiful review of RADICAL SOLIDARITY in _The Americas_ @monijimenez.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Radical Solidarity: Ruth Reynolds, Political Allyship, and the Battle for Puerto Rico’s Independence. By Lisa G. Materson. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 2024. Pp. 286. $29.95 cloth. | The...
Radical Solidarity: Ruth Reynolds, Political Allyship, and the Battle for Puerto Rico’s Independence. By Lisa G. Materson. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 2024. Pp. 286. $29.95 cloth.
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September 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I am grateful to Mónica Jiménez for this beautiful review of RADICAL SOLIDARITY in _The Americas_ @monijimenez.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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New episode of Early American Conversations! A conversation between Ellen Hartigan-O'Connor, author of America Under the Hammer, and Melena Laudig, our 2024-2025 Richard S. Dunn Fellow: open.spotify.com/episode/34zL...
July 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
New episode of Early American Conversations! A conversation between Ellen Hartigan-O'Connor, author of America Under the Hammer, and Melena Laudig, our 2024-2025 Richard S. Dunn Fellow: open.spotify.com/episode/34zL...
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Professor Lisa Materson’s new book RADICAL SOLIDARITY receives an Honorable Mention for the 2025 Elsa Goveia Book Prize from the Association of Caribbean Historians! Congratulations, Professor Materson!
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June 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Professor Lisa Materson’s new book RADICAL SOLIDARITY receives an Honorable Mention for the 2025 Elsa Goveia Book Prize from the Association of Caribbean Historians! Congratulations, Professor Materson!
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Yay!!!! Outstanding book by an outstanding historian. Congratulations @lmaterson.bsky.social
Professor Lisa Materson’s new book RADICAL SOLIDARITY receives an Honorable Mention for the 2025 Elsa Goveia Book Prize from the Association of Caribbean Historians! Congratulations, Professor Materson!
#skystorians
#skystorians
June 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Yay!!!! Outstanding book by an outstanding historian. Congratulations @lmaterson.bsky.social
Excited to share that RADICAL SOLIDARITY received an Honorable Mention for the 2025 Elsa Goveia Book Prize from the Association of Caribbean Historians. I'm grateful to the ACH for this recognition! @uncpress.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Excited to share that RADICAL SOLIDARITY received an Honorable Mention for the 2025 Elsa Goveia Book Prize from the Association of Caribbean Historians. I'm grateful to the ACH for this recognition! @uncpress.bsky.social
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Paperback is now available for pre-order and will be out this summer (use code PPIB2025 for a 20% discount). Looking forward to sharing the work more broadly. www.cambridge.org/us/universit...
May 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Paperback is now available for pre-order and will be out this summer (use code PPIB2025 for a 20% discount). Looking forward to sharing the work more broadly. www.cambridge.org/us/universit...
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Join us tomorrow, Monday, May 19 for a Symposium on Puerto Rico and the Diaspora organized by the Davis-Puerto Rico Initiative. 9:00-3:00, Sproul 912. History Professors Lisa Materson and José Juan Pérez Meléndez are among the speakers. #puertorico #skystorians
May 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Join us tomorrow, Monday, May 19 for a Symposium on Puerto Rico and the Diaspora organized by the Davis-Puerto Rico Initiative. 9:00-3:00, Sproul 912. History Professors Lisa Materson and José Juan Pérez Meléndez are among the speakers. #puertorico #skystorians
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Don Romesburg, Historian and Professor of Women's and Gender Studies @ Sonoma State University, will discuss his new book, Contested Curriculum: LGBTQ History Goes to School (Rutgers UP, 2025), Wed, 5/21, 4pm, 3201 Hart Hall!
May 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Don Romesburg, Historian and Professor of Women's and Gender Studies @ Sonoma State University, will discuss his new book, Contested Curriculum: LGBTQ History Goes to School (Rutgers UP, 2025), Wed, 5/21, 4pm, 3201 Hart Hall!
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New #UnsungHistory podcast 🤓 with @feministkelly.bsky.social. #MSWMedia
Listen: www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/RuthReynolds/
Listen: www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/RuthReynolds/
March 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
New #UnsungHistory podcast 🤓 with @feministkelly.bsky.social. #MSWMedia
Listen: www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/RuthReynolds/
Listen: www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/RuthReynolds/
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For your podcast listening enjoyment!
Had a great time speaking with @feministkelly.bsky.social of #UnsungHistory about Ruth Reynolds, solidarity activism, and the struggle for Puerto Rico's independence! 🎙️Check out the episode below👇👇—and explore the additional sources list! www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/RuthReynolds/
Ruth Reynolds & Puerto Rican Independence
Ruth Reynolds, born in the Black Hills of South Dakota in 1916 to a strict Methodist family, may have seemed an unlikely ally to the cause of Puerto Rican independe…
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March 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
For your podcast listening enjoyment!
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📚 Today & tomorrow you can preorder my book for 50% off as a part of the flash sale at @dukepress.bsky.social ! Use Coupon Code FLASH25 ⭐️ So excited the book is out in less than a month. 🎉
In "The Politics of Care Work," @emmaamador.bsky.social tells the story of Puerto Rican women’s involvement in political activism for social and economic justice in Puerto Rico and the United States throughout the 20th century. Read the intro for free on our website! #LatinxStudies
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March 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
📚 Today & tomorrow you can preorder my book for 50% off as a part of the flash sale at @dukepress.bsky.social ! Use Coupon Code FLASH25 ⭐️ So excited the book is out in less than a month. 🎉
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Happy to share my new article, "A Tropical Vienna," which offers a new take on how Brazil became independent. Open access in The Americas! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
March 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Happy to share my new article, "A Tropical Vienna," which offers a new take on how Brazil became independent. Open access in The Americas! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Had a great time speaking with @feministkelly.bsky.social of #UnsungHistory about Ruth Reynolds, solidarity activism, and the struggle for Puerto Rico's independence! 🎙️Check out the episode below👇👇—and explore the additional sources list! www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/RuthReynolds/
Ruth Reynolds & Puerto Rican Independence
Ruth Reynolds, born in the Black Hills of South Dakota in 1916 to a strict Methodist family, may have seemed an unlikely ally to the cause of Puerto Rican independe…
www.unsunghistorypodcast.com
March 25, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Had a great time speaking with @feministkelly.bsky.social of #UnsungHistory about Ruth Reynolds, solidarity activism, and the struggle for Puerto Rico's independence! 🎙️Check out the episode below👇👇—and explore the additional sources list! www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/RuthReynolds/
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Professor Lisa G. Materson discusses her new book _Radical Solidarity: Ruth Reynolds, Political Allyship, and the Battle for Puerto Rico's Independence_ with @feministkelly.bsky.social on the Unsung History Podcast: www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/RuthReynolds/
Ruth Reynolds & Puerto Rican Independence
Ruth Reynolds, born in the Black Hills of South Dakota in 1916 to a strict Methodist family, may have seemed an unlikely ally to the cause of Puerto Rican independe…
www.unsunghistorypodcast.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Professor Lisa G. Materson discusses her new book _Radical Solidarity: Ruth Reynolds, Political Allyship, and the Battle for Puerto Rico's Independence_ with @feministkelly.bsky.social on the Unsung History Podcast: www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/RuthReynolds/
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This week on Unsung History, @marthasjones.bsky.social joins me to discuss her fabulous new book, The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir. You don't want to miss this episode.
The Color Line
My guest today is Dr. Martha S. Jones , the Society of Black Alumni Presidential Professor, professor of history, and a professor at the SNF Agora Institute at the …
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March 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
This week on Unsung History, @marthasjones.bsky.social joins me to discuss her fabulous new book, The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir. You don't want to miss this episode.
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Thank you to @scatterall.bsky.social for joining me this week on Unsung History to talk all about the amazing Amelia Bloomer, who never waited around for someone else to take action when change was needed.
Amelia Bloomer
Amelia Jenks Bloomer was many things: writer and publisher, public speaker, temperance reformer, advocate for women’s rights and dress reform, and adoptive mother. …
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March 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Thank you to @scatterall.bsky.social for joining me this week on Unsung History to talk all about the amazing Amelia Bloomer, who never waited around for someone else to take action when change was needed.
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New #UnsungHistory podcast 🤓 with @feministkelly.bsky.social. #MSWMedia
Listen: www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/WFH/
Listen: www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/WFH/
March 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
New #UnsungHistory podcast 🤓 with @feministkelly.bsky.social. #MSWMedia
Listen: www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/WFH/
Listen: www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/WFH/
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Professor Lisa Materson’s new book, 📚Radical Solidarity📚 tells the story of an unlikely ally in Puerto Rico’s independence movement." #skystorians lettersandsciencemag.ucdavis.edu/self-society...
Radical Solidarity: New Book Tells the Story of an Unlikely Ally in Puerto Rico’s Independence Movement
Historian Lisa Materson’s new book, Radical Solidarity: Ruth Reynolds, Political Allyship, and the Battle for Puerto Rico's Independence (UNC Press, 2024), tells the story of an unlikely activist and ...
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March 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Professor Lisa Materson’s new book, 📚Radical Solidarity📚 tells the story of an unlikely ally in Puerto Rico’s independence movement." #skystorians lettersandsciencemag.ucdavis.edu/self-society...
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UC Irvine Professor Adria L. Imada will join us on Thursday, March 6 at noon to give the annual WGH Nathalie Esteban Collin Memorial Lecture. All are welcome.
March 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM
UC Irvine Professor Adria L. Imada will join us on Thursday, March 6 at noon to give the annual WGH Nathalie Esteban Collin Memorial Lecture. All are welcome.
📚Radical Solidarity📚 "New book tells the story of an unlikely ally in Puerto Rico’s independence movement." Grateful to Alex Russell and the Letters & Science Magazine for showcasing my work!
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Radical Solidarity: New Book Tells the Story of an Unlikely Ally in Puerto Rico’s Independence Movement
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March 5, 2025 at 1:34 AM
📚Radical Solidarity📚 "New book tells the story of an unlikely ally in Puerto Rico’s independence movement." Grateful to Alex Russell and the Letters & Science Magazine for showcasing my work!
lettersandsciencemag.ucdavis.edu/self-society...
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Tomorrow!! Join us for the launch of the Vieques Microsyllabus and Study Guide, a collaboration with the Archivo Histórico de Vieques. Register: tinyurl.com/viequessyllabus
February 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Tomorrow!! Join us for the launch of the Vieques Microsyllabus and Study Guide, a collaboration with the Archivo Histórico de Vieques. Register: tinyurl.com/viequessyllabus
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Join Profs. Ellen Hartigan-O'Connor & Lisa Materson as they discuss their recent books with Prof. Corrie Decker of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies Department @ucdavis.bsky.social Fri Feb 28, 6-7 PM at the Avid Reader, 617 2nd St. Davis. #skystorians #history #booksky
February 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Join Profs. Ellen Hartigan-O'Connor & Lisa Materson as they discuss their recent books with Prof. Corrie Decker of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies Department @ucdavis.bsky.social Fri Feb 28, 6-7 PM at the Avid Reader, 617 2nd St. Davis. #skystorians #history #booksky