Elizabeth A. Novara is the American Women’s History Specialist for the Library of Congress Manuscript Division. She co-curated the Library’s Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote exhibition, during the 2020 centennial of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. She holds an MLS in archives management; an MA in history; a graduate certificate in women’s studies; and is currently pursuing a PhD in American history at the University of Maryland, College Park.