Maura Doherty, Ph.D.
@molowell.bsky.social
Historian. Expert on the city of Lowell Massachusetts. Writing a 3 volume work on its history.
A new work to consider in the #historyofcapitalism and #historiography of the origins of industrial capitalism, Muldrew's The Capitalist Self.
November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A new work to consider in the #historyofcapitalism and #historiography of the origins of industrial capitalism, Muldrew's The Capitalist Self.
Adding to my reading list:
"The new Luddites aren’t afraid of AI. They’re afraid of the people who profit from pretending it’s intelligent." Eric J
Larson (LA Review of Books)
"The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want" by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna.
"The new Luddites aren’t afraid of AI. They’re afraid of the people who profit from pretending it’s intelligent." Eric J
Larson (LA Review of Books)
"The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want" by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna.
November 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Adding to my reading list:
"The new Luddites aren’t afraid of AI. They’re afraid of the people who profit from pretending it’s intelligent." Eric J
Larson (LA Review of Books)
"The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want" by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna.
"The new Luddites aren’t afraid of AI. They’re afraid of the people who profit from pretending it’s intelligent." Eric J
Larson (LA Review of Books)
"The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want" by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna.
This sounds promising. Bumping it to the top of my reading list.
October 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This sounds promising. Bumping it to the top of my reading list.
Adding this to my reading list.
Early Modern Women’s Work: Kinship, Community, and Social Justice
by Patricia Anne Simpson
Early Modern Women’s Work: Kinship, Community, and Social Justice
by Patricia Anne Simpson
October 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Adding this to my reading list.
Early Modern Women’s Work: Kinship, Community, and Social Justice
by Patricia Anne Simpson
Early Modern Women’s Work: Kinship, Community, and Social Justice
by Patricia Anne Simpson
I can highly recommend this new documentary, The Librarians, about the efforts to ban books in U.S. public schools (mostly orchestrated by outside influences). #bannedbookweek
October 7, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I can highly recommend this new documentary, The Librarians, about the efforts to ban books in U.S. public schools (mostly orchestrated by outside influences). #bannedbookweek
105 years ago today, Tennessee became the 36th and last state needed for ratification of the 19th Amendment which embedded the right of women to vote in the U.S. Constitution. Bells rang across America. Today, some Republicans are actively speaking out against women's right to vote.
August 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
105 years ago today, Tennessee became the 36th and last state needed for ratification of the 19th Amendment which embedded the right of women to vote in the U.S. Constitution. Bells rang across America. Today, some Republicans are actively speaking out against women's right to vote.
Many museum exhibits and historical markers across the U.S. could use an overhaul. But censorship and suppressing the experiences of women, people of color, immigrants, workers, & indigenous peoples is morally corrupt. Leave museums to professionals & communities. Keep politicians out of it.
August 17, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Many museum exhibits and historical markers across the U.S. could use an overhaul. But censorship and suppressing the experiences of women, people of color, immigrants, workers, & indigenous peoples is morally corrupt. Leave museums to professionals & communities. Keep politicians out of it.
On my reading list from Cambridge University Press 2025. The intersection of imperialism and capitalism.
August 16, 2025 at 7:12 AM
On my reading list from Cambridge University Press 2025. The intersection of imperialism and capitalism.
Leave history to the historians, education to the educators, and science to the scientists.
August 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Leave history to the historians, education to the educators, and science to the scientists.
Historians must be vigilant in protecting history, the Constitution, and the facts.
August 7, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Historians must be vigilant in protecting history, the Constitution, and the facts.
Today's read. A great historiographical overview and insightful critique on first person accounts in historical thought.
August 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Today's read. A great historiographical overview and insightful critique on first person accounts in historical thought.
On my reading list.
July 31, 2025 at 3:35 PM
On my reading list.
A new book to add to the reading list on the history of economic thought. But skeptical of all-encompassing claims to the "scientific nature" of economics, which like history is not free from value judgments and bias. A "critical" approach should acknowledge this, even without being heterodox.
June 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
A new book to add to the reading list on the history of economic thought. But skeptical of all-encompassing claims to the "scientific nature" of economics, which like history is not free from value judgments and bias. A "critical" approach should acknowledge this, even without being heterodox.
Too bad it is ridiculously expensive.
A bit ironic
for a book promoting ethical capitalism.
A bit ironic
for a book promoting ethical capitalism.
June 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Too bad it is ridiculously expensive.
A bit ironic
for a book promoting ethical capitalism.
A bit ironic
for a book promoting ethical capitalism.
A ceo is shot and killed, a nationwide manhunt unsues, a suspect is captured, charged with terrorism, and faces the death penalty. A gay couple is repeatedly terrorized, one is shot dead, and "neighbors quarrel"?!! Stop the campaign of hate, denigration and terrorism from governments and churches.
June 3, 2025 at 10:36 AM
A ceo is shot and killed, a nationwide manhunt unsues, a suspect is captured, charged with terrorism, and faces the death penalty. A gay couple is repeatedly terrorized, one is shot dead, and "neighbors quarrel"?!! Stop the campaign of hate, denigration and terrorism from governments and churches.
I highly recommend this work in economic, business, and women's history from Rutgers University Press -
She's the Boss: The Rise of Women’s Entrepreneurship since World War II
by Debra Michals
She's the Boss: The Rise of Women’s Entrepreneurship since World War II
by Debra Michals
May 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I highly recommend this work in economic, business, and women's history from Rutgers University Press -
She's the Boss: The Rise of Women’s Entrepreneurship since World War II
by Debra Michals
She's the Boss: The Rise of Women’s Entrepreneurship since World War II
by Debra Michals
The criminal and arbitrary defunding of scientific, medical, and technological research, the arts, humanities, and education is sabotaging all the things that made America civilized, successful, and the envy of the world. This is criminal sedition.
April 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The criminal and arbitrary defunding of scientific, medical, and technological research, the arts, humanities, and education is sabotaging all the things that made America civilized, successful, and the envy of the world. This is criminal sedition.
The LARGEST PROTEST in history was unique for not being aimed at civil rights or against a war, BUT against a President, his administration, their cruel, incompetent, and illegal policies, and their systemic criminality.
April 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The LARGEST PROTEST in history was unique for not being aimed at civil rights or against a war, BUT against a President, his administration, their cruel, incompetent, and illegal policies, and their systemic criminality.
St. Patrick's Day celebrations began in America as political & cultural resistance to anti-Irish & anti-Catholic hatred. They held parades to stand up for their dignity & against stereotypes. The American Party tried to stop them from becoming citizens & voting. The parallels today are STRIKING.
March 17, 2025 at 9:40 PM
St. Patrick's Day celebrations began in America as political & cultural resistance to anti-Irish & anti-Catholic hatred. They held parades to stand up for their dignity & against stereotypes. The American Party tried to stop them from becoming citizens & voting. The parallels today are STRIKING.
The Declaration of Independence was IMMEDIATELY translated into and printed in German. It was for citizens and there was no objection. America has always been multilingual.
March 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The Declaration of Independence was IMMEDIATELY translated into and printed in German. It was for citizens and there was no objection. America has always been multilingual.
I stand with Ukraine and against Russian and American bullies in their illegal land grabs and campaign of lies.
February 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I stand with Ukraine and against Russian and American bullies in their illegal land grabs and campaign of lies.