Archive: May 2022 (2 Posts)

Refined by: (Author) Wendi Maloney; (Year) 2022; (Month) May

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Researcher Story: U.S. Rep. Patsy Takemoto Mink, First Woman of Color in Congress

May 16, 2022

Judy Tzu-Chun Wu and Gwendolyn Mink co-wrote "Fierce and Fearless: Patsy Takemoto Mink, First Woman of Color in Congress," published this month. They researched the book, a biography of the first woman of color in the U.S. Congress, at the Library.

Posted in: Asian American, Asian American History, Congress, Researcher Stories, Women's History, Writers

Researcher Story: Elizabeth D. Leonard

May 2, 2022

Posted by: Wendi Maloney

Civil War historian Elizabeth Leonard has written a number of books about the role of women on the battlefield and the social and political reverberations of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. She's researched those books, including her soon-to-be-published title, “Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life,” in the Library’s Manuscript Division.

Posted in: Abraham Lincoln, Books, Civil War, Researcher Stories, Women's History, Writers

Refined by: (Author) Wendi Maloney; (Year) 2022; (Month) May