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Sonia C. Gomez
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Author of PICTURE BRIDE, WAR BRIDE. Historian. Assistant Professor. Overthinker. Master Layabout. Views mine.

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It’s been a year since Picture Bride, War Bride was published (time flies!) and I’ve been dabbling in a little personal writing since. Here’s a little something (vulnerable) I wrote about the inspiration for the book.

Inheritance - blog posts - College of Arts and Sciences - Santa Clara University
Inheritance
www.scu.edu
August 20, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Grateful for this thoughtful review 😊
May 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Reposted by Sonia C. Gomez
25th anniversary edition!
Pub date 6/17/25. New preface updates this history.
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Cold War Civil Rights
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the YearHow the fight for civil rights in America became an important front in the Cold War
press.princeton.edu
April 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Reposted by Sonia C. Gomez
Pitches are now open for our June roundtable: The Losses.
Call For Pitches: The Losses
“But you could go work for the government! Or museums—maybe a non-profit?” Grad students and adjuncts leaving academic history in the United States have often gotten the above advice from well-meaning...
contingentmagazine.org
April 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Picture Bride, War Bride won an award—the Organization of American Historians Mary Nickliss Prize for the most original book in US women’s and gender history. Thank you to the folks who read it with care.
April 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Who’s going to OAH in Chicago? Check out the events organized by ALANA in support of POC authors. I’ll be on a panel Thursday, April 3 @ 11:00 AM
March 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM