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Collaborate with us…

This Beautiful Sisterhood of Books is a collaborative space. Its purpose is to foster a community of scholars and readers working together to reconstruct an extraordinary – and all but forgotten – episode from women’s literary and cultural history. Our project contributes to the ongoing recovery of forgotten works by early women writers, and it provides a framework for exploring their significance to readers in 1884 and today. Here are some ways that you, your students, and your community members can Join the Sisterhood!

Contribute

Our goal is to provide a short piece of researched writing for every item and author included in the 1884 Woman’s Literary Department. If you would like to contribute an “exhibit label” such as this one, or if you are a teacher who would like to have your students create exhibit labels — a research assignment that results in an electronic publication! – contact us for guidelines and examples.

The work of literary recovery is not complete without research that situates authors, texts, and – in this case – collections and exhibitions within historical contexts. What should we make of the fact that the New Orleans World’s Fair Woman’s Department only accepted work from white women? Or that its Director, the northerner and former abolitionist Julia Ward Howe, was viewed with resentment – even hostility – by many New Orleanians who felt that local women should take charge of the exhibit? What do we learn about this early women’s library by looking at it through the lens of other libraries? Or of other World’s Fairs?

The editors of the This Beautiful Sisterhood of Books Project seek educational resources for publication that demonstrate strategies for utilizing the resources within our collection and educational materials that align with the themes outlined above. Educational resources may come in the form of syllabi, units/modules, assignments, readings, multimedia, and/or teaching debriefs. Selected materials will be peer-reviewed and then featured as an educational resource within the digital archive, and assignment authors will also be listed as contributors to the Beautiful Sisterhood collection. To propose an educational resource for consideration by the editors, please submit a 100-word proposal and short bio via this application.


Project Team


This Beautiful Sisterhood‘s

Contributors

This project depends on the generous contributions of resaerchers, archivists, technologists, and educators.

Miki Pfeffer

Content Developer

Jaelle Scheuerman

Technical Developer

Susan Tucker

Content Developer

Ananya Anand

Data Research Intern

Carol Asher

Content Developer

Ainsley Anderson

Research Assistant

Hannah Bartels

Digital Research Intern

Isabella Blair

Digital Research Intern

Katie Bogdanow

Data Research Intern

Renee Bunszel

Content Developer

Emma De Leon

Data Research Intern

James DeMaio

Content Developer

Sam DeMarinis

Data Research Intern

John Caswel Ellis

Digital Research Intern

Madison Cramer

Content Developer

Julia Creson

Content Developer

Daniel Fox

Data Research Intern

Liam Guest

Data Research Intern

Isabelle Haines

Digital Research Intern

Evan Hendrickson

Data Research Intern

Siyang Hu

Digital Research Intern

Adelaide Jasica

Digital Research Intern

Tess Kleanthous

Digital Research Intern

Marisa Long

Digital Research Intern

Rhea Majumdar

Digital Research Intern

James McCoyne

Content Developer

Lucien Mensah

Digital Research Intern

Julia Miller

Data Research Intern

Kailen Mitchell

Data Research Intern

Meghan Nagia

Data Research Intern

Madeline Nellis

Digital Research Intern

Mika Nijhawan

Data Research Intern

Zoe Oboler

Data Research Intern

Emily O’Connel

Digital Research Intern

Ifeoma Osakwe

Data Research Intern

Kristen Osborne

Digital Research Intern

Claire Ramsay

Digital Research Intern

Aaliyah Randall

Digital Research Intern

Adelaide Randall

Content Developer

Mia Schneller

Content Developer

Rachel Tabor

Digital Research Intern

Sala Thanassi

Content Developer

Chloe Uhls

Digital Research Intern

Danielle Walder

Digital Research Intern

Helena Wang

Digital Research Intern

Bridgette Valenti

Content Developer

Winna Xia

Digital Research Intern

Alexandra Zeff

Data Research Intern


This Beautiful Sisterhood’s

Sponsors

This project depends on the generous funding of institutes and foundations.

Newcomb Institute

Tulane University

Tulane University