Clarissa W. Atkinson
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Clarissa W. Atkinson
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Author: The Oldest Vocation: Christian Motherhood in the Middle Ages; Mystic & Pilgrim: "The Book" #MargeryKempe. Fmr Assoc Dean http://harvarddivinity.bsky.social. Alum @BCHistoryDept @SmithCollege.
Now: #1950s all over again http://oldestvocation.com ↩️
Hands Off! Boston #HandsOff
April 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
In 1898 my great-grandfather argued #WongKimArk @ SCOTUS, with #BirthrightCitizenship as a requirement of #14A 14th Amendment. He prevailed despite the xenophobia of the era. Now, in the face of Trump's threats & deportations, we must insist on that same argument: oldestvocation.com/2024/01/08/f...
December 9, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Correct. Thank you for this. I wrote about #WongKimArk #BirthrightCitizenship #14thAmendment #14A here. My great-grandfather J. Hubley Ashton argued the case @ SCOTUS in 1898. Fun fact: the then US Solicitor General was a former Confederate, allowed back into government bsky.app/profile/olde...
December 9, 2024 at 7:54 PM

"I was the mother of three in 1965, when it became legal for married couples in Connecticut to buy and use contraceptives. I didn’t live in Connecticut, luckily, but I welcomed news of Griswold v. Connecticut in which SCOTUS established the right to privacy…" oldestvocation.com/2022/01/09/p...
November 17, 2024 at 7:35 PM