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Karen Benjamin
@kallienebenjamin.bsky.social
Historian at Elmhurst U, UW Madison + UT Austin alum
Good Parents, Better Homes, and Great Schools: Selling Segregation before the New Deal available July 2025 from UNC Press
I am so grateful to Betsy Herbin-Triant, Judith Kafka, Matt Lassiter, Noliwe Rook, Richard Rothstein, Tracy Steffes, and Jessica Trounstine for their generous words of support. Thanks for reminding me that our work remains relevant and important, despite the five-alarm fire this year has been.
July 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
July 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM
June 26, 2025 at 11:06 AM
June 26, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Books!!! I'm so grateful to Matt Lassiter, Richard Rothstein, @eherbin.bsky.social‬‬, @judithkafka.bsky.social‬, @nrooks.bsky.social‬, @tracylsteffes.bsky.social‬ & @trounstine.bsky.social‬ for their thoughtful and generous words of support...

🗃️ @uncpress.bsky.social, @sonyabonczek.bsky.social‬ ‬💐
June 26, 2025 at 11:06 AM
June 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
June 9, 2025 at 10:50 AM
For my architect friends, especially @jgbollard.bsky.social. I thought this funeral home expansion was interesting... 🤔
April 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
March 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The rise of income inequality has led middle-class parents to again expand the amount of time, energy, and resources spent on raising a smaller number of children. These strategies, which date back to the nineteenth century, are effective, so much so they are contributing to greater inequality.
March 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM