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Anya Jabour

@herstoryprof.bsky.social

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Feminist historian, dog-mom, book-lover, queer academic. She/her. “‘Woman’s Work for Women’: How Katharine Bement Davis Fought for Women’s Rights in the Workplace, at the Polls, and in the Bedroom,” f/c from NYU Press in 2026. More at anyajabour.com.

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Anya Jabour @herstoryprof.bsky.social · Sep 16

New book in the works means it's time to refresh the website!
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History | Anya Jabour

Anya Jabour is an award-winning author and historical consultant specializing in the lives of women, families, and children.

www.anyajabour.com

Anya Jabour @herstoryprof.bsky.social · 17d

Congratulations!

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Anya Jabour @herstoryprof.bsky.social · 20d

Beginning my week by declining to have my work used for generative AI. Happy Monday!

"Declined document" notification from Bloomsbury.

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Anya Jabour @herstoryprof.bsky.social · 23d

Happy #lgbtqhistory month! Happy to announce I will be contributing a chapter overview on "Queer Lives and Loves in the Nineteenth Century" to the Schlager Anthology of LGBTQ History and to share a short article in that spirit:
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“No men need apply”: How a Group of “Perfect Little Ladies” Challenged Gender Norms in Turn-of-the-Century New York – Anya Jabour

President Edith Joiner addresses the Perfects. Jan. 29, 1897. May Bragdon Diaries. Rare Books, Special Collections & Preservation, University of Rochester River Campus Libraries. In the …

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Anya Jabour @herstoryprof.bsky.social · Sep 16

New book in the works means it's time to refresh the website!
www.anyajabour.com

History | Anya Jabour

Anya Jabour is an award-winning author and historical consultant specializing in the lives of women, families, and children.

www.anyajabour.com

Anya Jabour @herstoryprof.bsky.social · Sep 11

Thank you SO MUCH!

Anya Jabour @herstoryprof.bsky.social · Sep 11

Aieee!

Anya Jabour @herstoryprof.bsky.social · Sep 10

I literally just saw that the same school has a prof who flashes his students. He apparently is still employed.

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Anya Jabour @herstoryprof.bsky.social · Sep 10

Awesome! Do you by any chance have a copy of Kounine’s article in German History? My library doesn’t have access.

Anya Jabour @herstoryprof.bsky.social · Sep 10

A student had a great question in my women's history class. What do we know about the MEN accused of witchcraft in early America? If somebody has written about this, I've missed it. Let me know where I should start!

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Contingent Magazine @contingent-mag.bsky.social · Sep 9

"The 'feminist killjoy' stereotype is as timely—and misleading—now as it was then."

A review of Sara Catterall's new biography of Amelia Bloomer by @hottycouture.bsky.social

Dressed for Reform

Long before it was fashionable, Bloomer pioneered what would later be dubbed "respectability politics"

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Anya Jabour @herstoryprof.bsky.social · Sep 10

Thanks!

Anya Jabour @herstoryprof.bsky.social · Sep 10

Two of my books are in here, and tons of articles and reviews. Check it out and join the fight!

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Sep 9

If you're an author and haven't yet signed up for the Anthropic settlement, do yourself a favor (and strike a blow against AI) by checking to see if any of your books were involved.

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Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

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Anya Jabour @herstoryprof.bsky.social · Sep 10

Aha! Thanks!

Anya Jabour @herstoryprof.bsky.social · Sep 10

I’m in here, but not finding the link?

Anya Jabour @herstoryprof.bsky.social · Sep 10

Anya Jabour @herstoryprof.bsky.social · Sep 10

Finally emerging from the Covid cave. Right before I tested positive, I sent the ms to my editor.

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Anya Jabour @herstoryprof.bsky.social · Aug 12

Rewriting the epilogue to the book… sometimes I hate writing relevant history!

Headline:”Supreme Court formally asked to overturn same-sex marriage ruling.”

Edited draft manuscript incorporating news re SCOTUS and legal challenges to LGBTIQ+ civil rights.

Anya Jabour @herstoryprof.bsky.social · Jun 22

Amazing panel on "The Intermediaries and Their Allies" with @bschillace.brandyschillace.com and River Watson for Missoula Pride 2025 yesterday! Full (auto-captioned) recording available! www.facebook.com/MissoulaComm...

The Intermediaries and Their Allies | June 21, 2025 | By Missoula's Community Media Resource | Facebook

June 21, 2025

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Anya Jabour @herstoryprof.bsky.social · Jun 14

I'm starting off No Kings Day writing about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911, in which 146 workers--most of them teenaged girls and young women--lost their lives to corporate greed and corrupt politicians. www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel

Pictured from the Kheel Center at Cornell University: "A cartoon referring to the Triangle fire depicts a factory owner, his coat bedecked with dollar signs, holding a door closed while workers shut inside struggle to escape amid flames and smoke."

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Anya Jabour @herstoryprof.bsky.social · Jun 5

Missoulians, check out this amazing event for Pride! facebook.com/events/s/the...

THE INTERMEDIARIES Book Reading and Signing with Brandy Schillace

Event in Missoula, MT by Anya Jabour on Monday, June 23 2025

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Anya Jabour @herstoryprof.bsky.social · May 21

Has anyone made a starter pack of folks on TPUSA’s Professor Watchlist?

Anya Jabour @herstoryprof.bsky.social · May 21

Today I got in touch with archivist there to request THE LETTER—AND got my own copy of Foster’s 1955 book SEX VARIANT WOMEN IN LITERATURE— which lists FACTORS in the bibliography under “Scientific and Psychiatric Material”!!!

Anya Jabour @herstoryprof.bsky.social · May 21

I’ve been searching for a reader (as opposed to a reviewer) of Katharine Bement Davis’s FACTORS IN THE SEX LIFE OF TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED WOMEN for 2 years. Finally, revisiting Joanne Passet’s bio of Jeannette Foster, the Kinsey Institute’s official librarian, I found the proverbial “smoking gun!”

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · May 17

Hello my #autistic #actuallyautistic #ND and #disability friends. I am putting together a starter pack on Autism/ND/disability platforms—I am also happy to add any individuals who would like to be included. Please make recs! We need community to fight RFK Jr.🧪♿️

go.bsky.app/wbCudt

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Anya Jabour @herstoryprof.bsky.social · May 15

Sex smackdown!

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