Laura R. Prieto
@laurarprieto.bsky.social
writer, historian, feminist scholar | firstgen to PhD | Latina daughter of immigrants | many languages spoken | co-directing the Mary Eliza Project & writing about women's suffrage movements across U.S. empire
Because housewives are also part of history. And sometimes they aren’t just housewives. #WomensHistory #BlackWomensHistory #WomenInHistory
Every name in the Boston Women's Voter Registers leads us to a life and a story. But we can't always trust everything the registration officials wrote down as fact.
Take for instance a “housewife” named Maude T Steward, who registered on August 20, 1920. 🧵
Take for instance a “housewife” named Maude T Steward, who registered on August 20, 1920. 🧵
June 6, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Because housewives are also part of history. And sometimes they aren’t just housewives. #WomensHistory #BlackWomensHistory #WomenInHistory
How did citizenship affect U.S. women’s right to vote in 1920?
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On August 5, 1920, Sarah Moses Bronkhurst Polak of 708 Columbus Ave in Boston lined up to claim her right to vote. Sarah’s journey to the Boston voter registration table took her across several national borders and showcased how marriage could impact women's voting rights. 🧵 @hubhistory.com
April 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
How did citizenship affect U.S. women’s right to vote in 1920?
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For a limited time you can read my book for free. Each one, teach one.
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No Common Ground (full reading copy) : The University of North Carolina Press
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March 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
For a limited time you can read my book for free. Each one, teach one.
www.book2look.com/book/SO9q2ZB...
www.book2look.com/book/SO9q2ZB...
Thank you to Kate Helen Downey for interviewing me about the history of #feminism, the women's health movement, and @OurBodiesOurselves for her great new podcast, "Cramped"!
You can listen to the show at www.katehelendowney.com/cramped
#WomensHistory #WomenInHistory #WomensHealth
You can listen to the show at www.katehelendowney.com/cramped
#WomensHistory #WomenInHistory #WomensHealth
CRAMPED Podcast — Kate Helen Downey
CRAMPED is an investigative podcast that answers the question "Why are so many people with uteruses in unexplained & untreated pain?"
www.katehelendowney.com
March 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Thank you to Kate Helen Downey for interviewing me about the history of #feminism, the women's health movement, and @OurBodiesOurselves for her great new podcast, "Cramped"!
You can listen to the show at www.katehelendowney.com/cramped
#WomensHistory #WomenInHistory #WomensHealth
You can listen to the show at www.katehelendowney.com/cramped
#WomensHistory #WomenInHistory #WomensHealth
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Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website, part of an effort across the Defense Department to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.
Arlington Cemetery website scrubs links about Black and female veterans
Pentagon leaders have ordered that their websites and social media pages remove articles and images that “promote” DEI.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website, part of an effort across the Defense Department to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.
My latest post for @maryelizaproject.bsky.social, full of personal resonance today.
23-year-old Hester B. Smith lined up to register to vote in Boston on October 13, 1920, just in time to qualify to cast her ballot in the upcoming Presidential election. A Black woman from Charlottesville, Virginia, she no doubt had experienced racial segregation and discrimination, & perhaps worse.
February 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
My latest post for @maryelizaproject.bsky.social, full of personal resonance today.
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On #PresidentsDay 1914 (celebrated as Washington’s Birthday), future new voter Eunice S. Coyle won second prize, $25, for her essay on how Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall interpreted the Constitution from he Old South Association. Image: @BostonGlobe, February 24, 1914.
February 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
On #PresidentsDay 1914 (celebrated as Washington’s Birthday), future new voter Eunice S. Coyle won second prize, $25, for her essay on how Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall interpreted the Constitution from he Old South Association. Image: @BostonGlobe, February 24, 1914.
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It’s a new chapter for Our Bodies Ourselves! Suffolk University is now the global hub for the iconic feminist resource, and OBOS is ready to advance its powerful legacy through Suffolk’s Center for Women’s Health and Human Rights. 1/5
February 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
It’s a new chapter for Our Bodies Ourselves! Suffolk University is now the global hub for the iconic feminist resource, and OBOS is ready to advance its powerful legacy through Suffolk’s Center for Women’s Health and Human Rights. 1/5
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NEH has posted updates to the funding restrictions for some grant programs.
February 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
NEH has posted updates to the funding restrictions for some grant programs.
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On National Women Physicians Day we are spotlighting Ward 23 New Voter Dr. Laura H. Muir (née Barbrick), who registered to vote on October 11th, 1920. Image: The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, @nypl”
February 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
On National Women Physicians Day we are spotlighting Ward 23 New Voter Dr. Laura H. Muir (née Barbrick), who registered to vote on October 11th, 1920. Image: The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, @nypl”
It’s not just the official narrative history of US foreign relations that’s vanished. All the historical documents are also gone from the site.
#history #shafr #censorship #InfoBlackout
#history #shafr #censorship #InfoBlackout
February 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It’s not just the official narrative history of US foreign relations that’s vanished. All the historical documents are also gone from the site.
#history #shafr #censorship #InfoBlackout
#history #shafr #censorship #InfoBlackout
Spoiler alert: Maude Trotter Stewart was not just a housewife.
My latest for @maryelizaproject.bsky.social
#BlackHistoryMonth #WomensHistory #Suffrage #CivilRightsHistory #BlackBoston #BostonHistory
My latest for @maryelizaproject.bsky.social
#BlackHistoryMonth #WomensHistory #Suffrage #CivilRightsHistory #BlackBoston #BostonHistory
Every name in the Boston Women's Voter Registers leads us to a life and a story. But we can't always trust everything the registration officials wrote down as fact. Maude T Steward, claimed her right to vote on August 20, 1920.
Image: Maude Trotter Stewart in front of "The Guardian" offices, n.d.
Image: Maude Trotter Stewart in front of "The Guardian" offices, n.d.
February 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Spoiler alert: Maude Trotter Stewart was not just a housewife.
My latest for @maryelizaproject.bsky.social
#BlackHistoryMonth #WomensHistory #Suffrage #CivilRightsHistory #BlackBoston #BostonHistory
My latest for @maryelizaproject.bsky.social
#BlackHistoryMonth #WomensHistory #Suffrage #CivilRightsHistory #BlackBoston #BostonHistory
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Most scholars I know--affiliated or not--just want access to resources behind paywalls--subscription journals, databases, books. No one I know is going "gee I wish I had AI tools to mine those resources for pithy, questionable syntheses." They can't even GET TO the resources. THAT is what they want.
January 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Most scholars I know--affiliated or not--just want access to resources behind paywalls--subscription journals, databases, books. No one I know is going "gee I wish I had AI tools to mine those resources for pithy, questionable syntheses." They can't even GET TO the resources. THAT is what they want.
In my latest post for the Mary Eliza Project, I wrote about reformer Zilpha Drew Smith, registering to vote in Boston in 1920.
#WomensHistory #WomensSuffrage #MaryElizaProject
#WomensHistory #WomensSuffrage #MaryElizaProject
Born #OTD, January 25, was one of the earliest Boston women to claim their equal right to vote: Zilpha Drew Smith (1852-1926). She registered to vote on August 4, 1920, weeks before Tennessee became the last state to ratify the 19th Amendment.
Image: Registry from Boston City Archives
Image: Registry from Boston City Archives
January 28, 2025 at 2:28 AM
In my latest post for the Mary Eliza Project, I wrote about reformer Zilpha Drew Smith, registering to vote in Boston in 1920.
#WomensHistory #WomensSuffrage #MaryElizaProject
#WomensHistory #WomensSuffrage #MaryElizaProject
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The 19th Amendment was ratified on August 18, 1920, and women in Boston had until October 13 to register to vote for that year’s presidential election. On October 13, almost 11,000 women registered. The chaos of Oct 13 is apparent in many of the last pages of the registers (Dorchester’s Ward 18).
January 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The 19th Amendment was ratified on August 18, 1920, and women in Boston had until October 13 to register to vote for that year’s presidential election. On October 13, almost 11,000 women registered. The chaos of Oct 13 is apparent in many of the last pages of the registers (Dorchester’s Ward 18).
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What is this strange contraption? A dictaphone! In August 1920, in the first month that women could register to vote due to the 19th Amendment, Bostonian Sarah J. Risk signed her name to the register with the occupation “dictaphone operator” at the American Mutual Liability Insurance Company.
January 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
What is this strange contraption? A dictaphone! In August 1920, in the first month that women could register to vote due to the 19th Amendment, Bostonian Sarah J. Risk signed her name to the register with the occupation “dictaphone operator” at the American Mutual Liability Insurance Company.
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Mapping and interpreting the Boston Women Voters dataset is both exciting and challenging. One of the challenges the Mary Eliza Team faces is interpreting and analyzing new voters’ birthplaces.
January 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Mapping and interpreting the Boston Women Voters dataset is both exciting and challenging. One of the challenges the Mary Eliza Team faces is interpreting and analyzing new voters’ birthplaces.
I’m presenting with @maryelizaproject.bsky.social this evening, talking about the diverse & interesting women who registered to vote in Boston’s Brighton neighborhood in 1920! I hope you’ll join us if you can. #womeninhistory
Mark your calendars for a #MaryElizaProject public event! Come meet some of the Mary Eliza Team members as we present live and in person:
BRIGHTON WOMEN CLAIM THE VOTE
Uncovering Stories from the 1920 Boston Women's Voter Registers
Free and Open to the Public!
BRIGHTON WOMEN CLAIM THE VOTE
Uncovering Stories from the 1920 Boston Women's Voter Registers
Free and Open to the Public!
January 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I’m presenting with @maryelizaproject.bsky.social this evening, talking about the diverse & interesting women who registered to vote in Boston’s Brighton neighborhood in 1920! I hope you’ll join us if you can. #womeninhistory
Welcome #MaryEliza! Im proud to be part of the MEP team. Follow us for stories of the 56k+ surprisingly diverse, unsung women who registered to vote in Boston in 1920. Maps & data & more as well!
#WomenInHistory #SuffrageHistory and #BostonHistory #PublicHumanities
#WomenInHistory #SuffrageHistory and #BostonHistory #PublicHumanities
The Mary Eliza Project is a collaborative public humanities initiative that uses historic records to illuminate diverse women’s political engagement in Boston. We focus on the historical moment of 1920. 🧵
December 15, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Welcome #MaryEliza! Im proud to be part of the MEP team. Follow us for stories of the 56k+ surprisingly diverse, unsung women who registered to vote in Boston in 1920. Maps & data & more as well!
#WomenInHistory #SuffrageHistory and #BostonHistory #PublicHumanities
#WomenInHistory #SuffrageHistory and #BostonHistory #PublicHumanities
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The Mary Eliza Project is a collaborative public humanities initiative that uses historic records to illuminate diverse women’s political engagement in Boston. We focus on the historical moment of 1920. 🧵
December 15, 2024 at 3:04 AM
The Mary Eliza Project is a collaborative public humanities initiative that uses historic records to illuminate diverse women’s political engagement in Boston. We focus on the historical moment of 1920. 🧵
I’m honored to be quoted in this new Vox article by Anna North, about the origins and meanings of the latest vile misogynistic slogan. www.vox.com/politics/384...
#OurBodiesOurselves #WomensActivism #Backlash #ReproRightsHistory
#OurBodiesOurselves #WomensActivism #Backlash #ReproRightsHistory
November 15, 2024 at 12:59 AM
I’m honored to be quoted in this new Vox article by Anna North, about the origins and meanings of the latest vile misogynistic slogan. www.vox.com/politics/384...
#OurBodiesOurselves #WomensActivism #Backlash #ReproRightsHistory
#OurBodiesOurselves #WomensActivism #Backlash #ReproRightsHistory
Today WBUR replayed its Radio Boston interview with me and my amazing #MaryElizaProject colleagues Marta Crilly & Erin Wiebe. It was so much fun talking to Carrie Jung about the archives and stories of the city’s newly enfranchised women voters. #womenshistory
www.wbur.org/radioboston/... 🗃️
www.wbur.org/radioboston/... 🗃️
February 9, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Today WBUR replayed its Radio Boston interview with me and my amazing #MaryElizaProject colleagues Marta Crilly & Erin Wiebe. It was so much fun talking to Carrie Jung about the archives and stories of the city’s newly enfranchised women voters. #womenshistory
www.wbur.org/radioboston/... 🗃️
www.wbur.org/radioboston/... 🗃️