Historian of Women Airforce Service Pilots Book w @crownpublishing. Doc film producer; Public Historian; Rep'd by Jen Marshall @katelanddeck.bsky.social
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Spent Monday going to DC and back so I could attend the final walk with WWII WASP pilot Dorothy Swain Lewis @ArlingtonNatl. Dot was a talented teacher, pilot, horsewoman, musician, and artist. She was incredibly kind and welcoming. I am grateful to have called her a friend.
ALT Black and white photo of young woman Dot Swain Lewis in 1943 in winter flying gear standing near tail of open cockpit biplane before a flight.
ALT Color photo of columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery holding urn of WWII pilot Dorothy Swain Lewis with roses on ground underneath.
ALT Painting by Dorothy Swain Lewis of Black Jack, John F. Kennedy's horse, at his funeral in November 1963.
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I'm hoping to start a conversation about freedom with my new book, #OnFreedom (available now). Here, I'm pleased to begin that conversation with Rachel @maddow.
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Talking Market Garden on the official podcast of the amazing World War II Foundation. It was an honor to share the mic with my friend Chris Kolakowski and that fine soldier Colonel Tom Rendall.
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Hoping to start a conversation about freedom.
My new book, #OnFreedom, launched today, 9/17.
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SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OPENING OF PREVIOUSLY CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS - The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum has opened to the public recently declassified National Security Council (NSC) records.
For the first time, researchers who have a continued interest in...
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If you've not already seen it, the lecture is now available to watch on YouTube here: youtu.be/xC2uSKexJ_E?si=6agl…
Thank you AEROSPACE Magazine for your kind write-up on my recent @AeroSociety lecture! I hugely enjoyed giving this lecture to RAeS HQ & am very appreciative of you taking the time to cover it ☺️✈️ @RAeSTimR
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U.S. followers: For a limited time, preorder ON FREEDOM and receive one of these stickers and a video message from me. Preorder and redeem here through 8/15: timothysnyder.org/on-freedom
ALT Preorder "On Freedom" and get a sticker of your choice: 1) "Freedom is not just an absence of evil but a presence of good" 2) "Freedom for you means freedom for me" 3) "Freedom of speech means nothing without free speakers"
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White man tells Black journalists that his Black opponent is not Black motherjones.com/politics/202…
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President Gerald Ford's in 1989 when asked for advice on how a woman could become president
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My @AP colleagues captured Americans watching the debate across the country last night and it is stunning.
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Are you the lead investigator on a military project? A convenor of a War & Society related conference? Or an enthusiastic editor compiling a special issue looking for a home? If so we want to hear from you.
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Clarence Sasser, an Army medic in Vietnam who was awarded the Medal of Honor for saving injured soldiers despite his own injuries from gunfire, dies at 76. stripes.com/theaters/us/2024…
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The Ingrams were released in 1959, the struggle interrupted by the Red Scare. But, as Maude White Katz wrote in 1966 in Freedomways, the Black radical women laid the foundations for the 60s and 70s activism. We would benefit to remember that. Happy Mother's Day, Rosa Lee Ingram
Grading finals & it's becoming woefully clear students do not have as firm an understanding of time as I presumed. Anyone have a good timeline app/timeline game I could use in the fall? I'm thinking Quizlet only an actual timeline like the NYT Flashback game. Tks #twitterstorians
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It’s been a great week of promotion for the library—highlighting our Helen Foster Lecture taking place this week and featuring none other than @katelanddeck! @CrownPublishing @SMH_Historians @womnknowhistory @wtva9news @MyTupelo @DJournalnow
Looking forward to being the scholar for @Gilder_Lehrman professional dev. session with the #VeteransLegacyProgram. If you are in the San Antonio area this weekend come join us! gilderlehrman.org/news/april… @txwomans
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Only one astronaut has went to the Moon, the International Space Station, and blasted into orbit on the space shuttle. In 2022, he also hitched a ride aboard the record-breaking flight of Artemis I. Read “Snoopy in Space” on the latest #ASQ: s.si.edu/3HS97yc
ALT A vintage Snoopy doll, a cartoon dog, is dressed as an astronaut, wearing a comical, see-through spherical helmet.
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What is even better than a panel on China Beach, Venereal Disease, and Zombies, Oh My?
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That I am hiring for the summer, and have direct hire authority. Come work with me in USAF Test history for the summer!
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