ACTIVHISTorian
Women-headed Households--Then and Now
Was honored to present a keynote to Arizona Home Health Visitors at their fantastic Strong Families AZ conference . What a fantastic...
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ACTIVHISTorian
Jun 182 min read
Juneteenth @ AZHS--and Kids' History
Sunday June 16th brought various commemorations of Juneteenth as well as Fathers' Day. Had a great time meeting so many people checking...
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ACTIVHISTorian
Jun 114 min read
(Hi)Story Telling
Our stories matter and we must find the courage to tell them. As a person more familiar with telling the stories of others from the past,...
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ACTIVHISTorian
Apr 307 min read
Are You My (Worthy) Mother?
A personal essay about a historical topic and excellent book.
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ACTIVHISTorian
Feb 11 min read
Medicalized Racism: The History Matters
From enslavement and Jim Crow to the 21st century, Dr. Uché Blackstock story interweaves family and institutional history. Her mother,...
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ACTIVHISTorian
Jan 251 min read
Women's Marches: The History Matters
Thanks to KJZZ's Lauren Gilger for discussing the history and significance of women marching for their rights, in conjunction with the...
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ACTIVHISTorian
Sep 1, 20231 min read
Arizona Humanities AZ Speaks: The History Matters: Yours Too!
Happy to announce that AZ Speaks, sponsored by Arizona Humanities, will offer a presentation delivered by Dr. Pamela Stewart,...
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ACTIVHISTorian
Aug 22, 20233 min read
"Activate" a family's history-and legacy
In a recent article about Caroline Kennedy in her role as U.S. Ambassador to Australia, President John F. Kennedy's daughter was quoted...
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ACTIVHISTorian
Aug 14, 20233 min read
Ghosting History: Looking for Bélizaire (1822-?)
We live in an era when some prefer the history they think they know and desperately want to believe, to the history that is factual....
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ACTIVHISTorian
Jul 6, 20234 min read
Silencing Humanists: Oppressive Regimes Know Their Targets
Among the first to be arrested, imprisoned, even tortured and murdered when an oppressive regime comes to power are humanists, the...
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ACTIVHISTorian
Jul 6, 20236 min read
"Consistent with gender at birth"? Let's push back against conflating sex categories with gender
At some point the terms SEX and GENDER became synonymous. But they did not start out that way and we need to decouple them, especially as...
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ACTIVHISTorian
Jun 7, 20238 min read
Controlling Women's Bodies is Part and Parcel of 'Healthcare Capitalism'
In a recent New York Times opinion piece, "Getting a Birth Control Pill Should Be Easy" (May 24, 2023), physician Eric Reinhart engages...
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ACTIVHISTorian
May 20, 20236 min read
Is It 'New' When Middle-Class White Women Do It?
We need reminding that all too often, "news" means something different is happening among more-or-less privileged white people, in this...
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ACTIVHISTorian
Nov 23, 20224 min read
A Woman is Dead But the Perpetrator is Not a Danger??
UPDATED: 1/3/23: FINALLY: A suspect arrested. For a few insights on related issues, see Julia Cooke's guest essay in the New York Times...
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ACTIVHISTorian
Nov 8, 20224 min read
What If 'Female' Bodies Were the Default?
Try this: In your mind's eye, imagine what a naked Human looks like. Are you imagining what Human looks like without sex or even racial...
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ACTIVHISTorian
Oct 17, 20223 min read
BLOG-ACTIVHIST
Welcome to the world of ACTIVHISTorians: using history as a tool to solve today's problems. ACTIVHISTorian, Pamela Stewart, earned...
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