AUTHOR: Elizabeth Novara

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.

Most Recent Posts

• Frances Wright, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Visions of American Equality March 27th, 2025
• National Woman’s Party Research Fellowship: 2025 Application Period Opens November 14th, 2024
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• “The Spirit of ’76” Marches On: Inspiring the Fight for Women’s Equality July 4th, 2024
• Patsy Takemoto Mink’s Title IX Legacy May 9th, 2024
• Les femmes Françaises veulent voter! Celebrating 80 Years of French Women’s Suffrage April 18th, 2024
• “We, the Undersigned”: Women and the Right to Petition March 28th, 2024
• Made at the Library: Eliza Scidmore, Trailblazing Journalist, with Diana P. Parsell February 29th, 2024