Cassandra Good
@cgoodhistorian.bsky.social
Historian, writer, and teacher of early American gender, culture, & politics; Assoc. Prof; Public Historian; Author of FIRST FAMILY (Hanover Square) & FOUNDING FRIENDSHIPS(OUP)
cassandragoodhistorian.com | same handle on insta & Mastodon
cassandragoodhistorian.com | same handle on insta & Mastodon
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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Delighted to see international coverage of the project in @arlingtonva.us to memorialize enslaved people. We're the 1st county in the U.S. south to do this & had huge support from the community & local govt. See if you can spot me in the crowd pic!
Learn more about the project at enslavedarl.org
Learn more about the project at enslavedarl.org
The Southern US county honouring its dark past
While other places in the US are increasingly censoring how they tell their multicultural histories to travellers, one community is highlighting them.
www.bbc.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Delighted to see international coverage of the project in @arlingtonva.us to memorialize enslaved people. We're the 1st county in the U.S. south to do this & had huge support from the community & local govt. See if you can spot me in the crowd pic!
Learn more about the project at enslavedarl.org
Learn more about the project at enslavedarl.org
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This is a great distraction!
Meanwhile mine covers US fascism, women's dependent citizenship (SAVE Act), Bonus March (mistreatment of vets), smallpox inoculation (anti-vaxers), Hays code (censorship), Anti-Asian laws, Disability protests, & a slave rebellion 🗃️
It's a different vibe adbl.co/3HEk4q6
Meanwhile mine covers US fascism, women's dependent citizenship (SAVE Act), Bonus March (mistreatment of vets), smallpox inoculation (anti-vaxers), Hays code (censorship), Anti-Asian laws, Disability protests, & a slave rebellion 🗃️
It's a different vibe adbl.co/3HEk4q6
June 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This is a great distraction!
Meanwhile mine covers US fascism, women's dependent citizenship (SAVE Act), Bonus March (mistreatment of vets), smallpox inoculation (anti-vaxers), Hays code (censorship), Anti-Asian laws, Disability protests, & a slave rebellion 🗃️
It's a different vibe adbl.co/3HEk4q6
Meanwhile mine covers US fascism, women's dependent citizenship (SAVE Act), Bonus March (mistreatment of vets), smallpox inoculation (anti-vaxers), Hays code (censorship), Anti-Asian laws, Disability protests, & a slave rebellion 🗃️
It's a different vibe adbl.co/3HEk4q6
If you're looking for a distraction from the world around us, check out my Great Courses/Audible series Early American Sex Scandals. From the Reynolds Affair to the Beecher-Tilton trial, this is basically early America's hottest gossip (backed up by scholarship)
www.audible.com/pd/Early-Ame...
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Early American Sex Scandals
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Sex scandals have been a part of the fabric of American society and politics from the very beginning. More than just salacious stories from the past or mora...
www.audible.com
June 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
If you're looking for a distraction from the world around us, check out my Great Courses/Audible series Early American Sex Scandals. From the Reynolds Affair to the Beecher-Tilton trial, this is basically early America's hottest gossip (backed up by scholarship)
www.audible.com/pd/Early-Ame...
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www.audible.com/pd/Early-Ame...
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It's book release day for @alansiegella.bsky.social! Congrats, Alan!
I've basically been writing this in my head since I was 10, but now it's finally time to unleash it on the world. My book about the golden age of The Simpsons comes out on June 10. Preorder STUPID TV, BE MORE FUNNY here. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/alan-...
Stupid TV, Be More Funny
This comprehensive account of the meteoric rise of The Simpsons combines incisive pop culture criticism and interviews with the show’s creative team th...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
It's book release day for @alansiegella.bsky.social! Congrats, Alan!
Hi all, do we know if anyone is working on preserving the NEH teaching resource site edsitement.neh.gov
The site is huge, so we need an organization with server space to do it using a scraper tool.
The site is huge, so we need an organization with server space to do it using a scraper tool.
Homepage
edsitement.neh.gov
April 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Hi all, do we know if anyone is working on preserving the NEH teaching resource site edsitement.neh.gov
The site is huge, so we need an organization with server space to do it using a scraper tool.
The site is huge, so we need an organization with server space to do it using a scraper tool.
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When we get through this, one item on the legislative agenda should be an NEH budget pegged, at, say, 3% of NIH's budget.
My NEH colleagues just heard from DOGE - demanding a 70% reduction in staff. Just obliterating federal funding for the humanities with no ready sources replacing.
These rumors have been confirmed, Blueskis.
I am enraged.
I am enraged.
April 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
When we get through this, one item on the legislative agenda should be an NEH budget pegged, at, say, 3% of NIH's budget.
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The NHA has a very helpful case making resource here: nhalliance.org/federal-fund...
April 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The NHA has a very helpful case making resource here: nhalliance.org/federal-fund...
This weekend is the 250th anniversary of Patrick Henry's famous "give me liberty or give me death" speech. I wrote for @smithsonianmag.bsky.social about the famous phrase and its legacy--including its (widely varied) uses by 19thc abolitionists, protestors against covid lockdowns, and Harvey Milk.
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Discover Patrick Henry's Legacy, Beyond His Revolutionary 'Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death' Speech
Delivered 250 years ago, the famous oration marked the height of Henry's influence. But the politician also served in key roles in Virginia's state government after the American Revolution
www.smithsonianmag.com
March 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This weekend is the 250th anniversary of Patrick Henry's famous "give me liberty or give me death" speech. I wrote for @smithsonianmag.bsky.social about the famous phrase and its legacy--including its (widely varied) uses by 19thc abolitionists, protestors against covid lockdowns, and Harvey Milk.
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A ray of light today—the dedication for Arlington’s first three stumbling stones memorializing those enslaved in this location. Great community & local govt support for this project
March 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
A ray of light today—the dedication for Arlington’s first three stumbling stones memorializing those enslaved in this location. Great community & local govt support for this project
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🧵 🗃️ It saddens me to have to bring you news of yet another casualty of the Trump administration's war on any history that does not conform to a white-centered narrative.
For the past few summers I've worked with teachers at Arlington National Cemetery. The historians and educational staff...
For the past few summers I've worked with teachers at Arlington National Cemetery. The historians and educational staff...
March 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
🧵 🗃️ It saddens me to have to bring you news of yet another casualty of the Trump administration's war on any history that does not conform to a white-centered narrative.
For the past few summers I've worked with teachers at Arlington National Cemetery. The historians and educational staff...
For the past few summers I've worked with teachers at Arlington National Cemetery. The historians and educational staff...
Join me online next Wed, March 12 at 7 pm for a discussion on First Family hosted by James Monroe's Highland #history #books 🗃️
highland.org/event/virtua...
highland.org/event/virtua...
Virtual Program First Family: George Washington’s Heirs and the Making of America - Highland
Tune in on March 12, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. for a virtual conversation with historian and author Cassandra Good as she discusses her latest book, a vivid account of the lives of Washington’s stepgrand...
highland.org
March 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Join me online next Wed, March 12 at 7 pm for a discussion on First Family hosted by James Monroe's Highland #history #books 🗃️
highland.org/event/virtua...
highland.org/event/virtua...
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Martin Luther King wasn’t asking people to do community service. He was asking folks to liberate oppressed peoples.
January 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Martin Luther King wasn’t asking people to do community service. He was asking folks to liberate oppressed peoples.
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Another note for those designing syllabi—if you’re teaching either of my books (Founding Friendships or First Family) this semester, I’m happy to Zoom into your course!
FYI-I have a bibliography for First Family online since there isn’t one in the book
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cassandragoodhistorian.com/first-family/
FYI-I have a bibliography for First Family online since there isn’t one in the book
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cassandragoodhistorian.com/first-family/
First Family
*Finalist for the George Washington Prize* *Finalist for the Library of Virginia’s People’s Choice Award* “First Family gives us a front row seat to the drama and tensions of a new nati…
cassandragoodhistorian.com
January 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Another note for those designing syllabi—if you’re teaching either of my books (Founding Friendships or First Family) this semester, I’m happy to Zoom into your course!
FYI-I have a bibliography for First Family online since there isn’t one in the book
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cassandragoodhistorian.com/first-family/
FYI-I have a bibliography for First Family online since there isn’t one in the book
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cassandragoodhistorian.com/first-family/
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A few thoughts from a historian of memory and the American Revolution on why Speaker Mike Johnson used a fake quote on the floor of the House meant to depict Thomas Jefferson as a decidedly pious individual...
January 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
A few thoughts from a historian of memory and the American Revolution on why Speaker Mike Johnson used a fake quote on the floor of the House meant to depict Thomas Jefferson as a decidedly pious individual...
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This is, or should be, a big deal -- Ann Telnaes, an absolute legend, quitting WaPo due to censorship of a cartoon criticizing billionaires
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This is, or should be, a big deal -- Ann Telnaes, an absolute legend, quitting WaPo due to censorship of a cartoon criticizing billionaires
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Fellow #academicsky profs working on syllabi & looking for assignments that AI can't complete--check out my book hunt assignment. Students have to search for & check out a book from the library. It was a hit with my survey course this fall! /1
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The Book Hunt Assignment
This semester, I knew I wanted to swap out the short primary source analysis papers I’d been using in my US History to 1877 survey class. First, it was challenging to prevent AI cheating (whi…
cassandragoodhistorian.com
January 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Fellow #academicsky profs working on syllabi & looking for assignments that AI can't complete--check out my book hunt assignment. Students have to search for & check out a book from the library. It was a hit with my survey course this fall! /1
cassandragoodhistorian.com/2024/11/12/t...
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cassandragoodhistorian.com/2024/11/12/t...
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"The test of a government is not how popular it is with the powerful and privileged few, but how honestly and fairly it deals with the many who must depend upon it."—Jimmy Carter, 1971
President Carter embodied compassion & service. May his memory & his example be a blessing.
President Carter embodied compassion & service. May his memory & his example be a blessing.
December 30, 2024 at 2:56 AM
"The test of a government is not how popular it is with the powerful and privileged few, but how honestly and fairly it deals with the many who must depend upon it."—Jimmy Carter, 1971
President Carter embodied compassion & service. May his memory & his example be a blessing.
President Carter embodied compassion & service. May his memory & his example be a blessing.
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“We wanted to help ProPublica’s readers recognize the humanity of the people we had met and talked to, so we gave them notecards and asked them to describe their experiences with sweeps.”
“I Have Lost Everything”: The Toll of Cities’ Homeless Sweeps
Cities often take belongings — including important documents and irreplaceable mementos — when they conduct sweeps of homeless encampments. ProPublica gave notecards to people across the country so th...
projects.propublica.org
December 30, 2024 at 1:24 AM
“We wanted to help ProPublica’s readers recognize the humanity of the people we had met and talked to, so we gave them notecards and asked them to describe their experiences with sweeps.”
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I donated to Western PA Fund for Choice (supports abortion care for those in OH, PA & WV): www.wpafundforchoice.org/donate
I mostly donated to higher ed given *gesticulates wildly*:
UC Berkeley IGS: igs.berkeley.edu/about/suppor...
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health: ph.ucla.edu/give-ucla-fi...
I mostly donated to higher ed given *gesticulates wildly*:
UC Berkeley IGS: igs.berkeley.edu/about/suppor...
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health: ph.ucla.edu/give-ucla-fi...
December 29, 2024 at 12:08 AM
I donated to Western PA Fund for Choice (supports abortion care for those in OH, PA & WV): www.wpafundforchoice.org/donate
I mostly donated to higher ed given *gesticulates wildly*:
UC Berkeley IGS: igs.berkeley.edu/about/suppor...
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health: ph.ucla.edu/give-ucla-fi...
I mostly donated to higher ed given *gesticulates wildly*:
UC Berkeley IGS: igs.berkeley.edu/about/suppor...
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health: ph.ucla.edu/give-ucla-fi...
So excited to read this! Congrats @kawulf.bsky.social!
It’s been a long time coming… so thrilled to share the cover (and Oxford UP website last in 🧵) for my book, _Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America_, pub date 7.2.25 (but will ship, so they say very enticingly, mid-June. 1/ #VastEarlyAmerica 🗃️
December 28, 2024 at 2:45 PM
So excited to read this! Congrats @kawulf.bsky.social!
Totally agree when it comes to LLM’s for writing/reading.
But no, no I don't think college students, faculty, staff, administrators can EVER ethically use engines built on intellectual theft, massive copyright infringement, and wide scale plagiarism even before the part where they are killing the planet.
December 24, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Totally agree when it comes to LLM’s for writing/reading.