Monica L. Mercado, Ph.D.

Museums and the Politics of Women’s History

June 4, 2019July 25, 2019 Monica L. MercadoLeave a comment

It’s June 4th, 2019 — 100 years to the day that Congress passed the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

I woke to find the #19that100 hashtag firing up on Twitter, with historians and GLAMs (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) highlighting the anniversary and histories of voting rights in the context of the suffrage movement. Of course, it took more than a year for the Amendment’s ratification, so look out for much more suffrage history to come in 2020. Continue reading “Museums and the Politics of Women’s History” →

Book News

March 29, 2019March 29, 2019 Monica L. MercadoLeave a comment

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On Thursday, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced $28.6 million in grants for 233 humanities projects. One of those projects was mine: The Young Catholic: Girlhood and the Making of American Catholicism, 1836-1911. I’m tremendously grateful for a NEH summer stipend as I go on research leave in May to finish the book.

Read more about some of the grants awarded this cycle here.

Women’s Studies in Religion Program

March 25, 2019March 28, 2019 Monica L. MercadoLeave a comment

I’m delighted to share that I’ll be spending the 2019-2020 academic year (my junior leave from Colgate University) in residence at Harvard Divinity School, where I’ll serve as research associate and Visiting Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies and North American Religions. [WSRP announcement]

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Sex and Sexualities in U.S. History

January 21, 2019February 9, 2019 Monica L. MercadoLeave a comment

This semester at Colgate, I’ve revised my upper-level History course, Sex and Sexualities in U.S. History. Continue reading “Sex and Sexualities in U.S. History” →

Taking Stock of Gender at AHA19

January 4, 2019February 10, 2019 Monica L. MercadoLeave a comment

I wrote a short piece for AHA Perspectives Daily on the state of gender history at the annual meeting, and it’s out today.
Continue reading “Taking Stock of Gender at AHA19” →

Campus Histories as U.S. Women’s History

November 17, 2017February 8, 2019 Monica L. MercadoLeave a comment

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Thanks to a Faculty Development Council Bicentennial Research Grant, I’ve been adding new content on women’s education and the history of coeducation to HIST 211: Women’s Rights in U.S. History (#colgatewmnhist). Colgate History’s social media team captured my students doing what they do best.