Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers
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In print since 1984, Legacy is the only scholarly journal to focus specifically on American women’s writing, broadly defined, from the seventeenth through the mid-twentieth century. Tag us if you need a re-skeet!
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Do you have a digital project recovering the work of American women writers? Apply now for the Recovery Hub's Project Showcase! Seeking mission-related projects at various stages of completion for peer review + a public showcase + review in "Reviews in Digital Humanities." bit.ly/RH-showcase
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Do you have a digital project recovering the work of American women writers? Apply now for the Recovery Hub's Project Showcase! Seeking mission-related projects at various stages of completion for peer review + a public showcase + review in "Reviews in Digital Humanities." bit.ly/RH-showcase
If you were at the SSAWW conference, remember to send us your papers pour the Legacy contest! ✨
Announcement! 📣
Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers is happy to announce a contest to honor the best papers presented at the upcoming Society for the Study of American Women Writers conference (5-9 November 2025) in Philadelphia. 1/3
Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers is happy to announce a contest to honor the best papers presented at the upcoming Society for the Study of American Women Writers conference (5-9 November 2025) in Philadelphia. 1/3
November 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
If you were at the SSAWW conference, remember to send us your papers pour the Legacy contest! ✨
💬 For all SSAWW attendees:
Our very own Travis Foster still has a few slots available for this year's edition of "Chat with an Editor" during the triannual SSAWW conference in Philadelphia! He will be there to answer all of your questions about Features.
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Our very own Travis Foster still has a few slots available for this year's edition of "Chat with an Editor" during the triannual SSAWW conference in Philadelphia! He will be there to answer all of your questions about Features.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
💬 For all SSAWW attendees:
Our very own Travis Foster still has a few slots available for this year's edition of "Chat with an Editor" during the triannual SSAWW conference in Philadelphia! He will be there to answer all of your questions about Features.
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Our very own Travis Foster still has a few slots available for this year's edition of "Chat with an Editor" during the triannual SSAWW conference in Philadelphia! He will be there to answer all of your questions about Features.
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It's only fitting that Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, author of many ghost stories and a play about the Salem trials, would have been born on Halloween! (October 31, 1852) 🎃
Read more about her with:
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Read more about her with:
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October 31, 2025 at 10:40 AM
It's only fitting that Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, author of many ghost stories and a play about the Salem trials, would have been born on Halloween! (October 31, 1852) 🎃
Read more about her with:
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Read more about her with:
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Announcement! 📣
Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers is happy to announce a contest to honor the best papers presented at the upcoming Society for the Study of American Women Writers conference (5-9 November 2025) in Philadelphia. 1/3
Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers is happy to announce a contest to honor the best papers presented at the upcoming Society for the Study of American Women Writers conference (5-9 November 2025) in Philadelphia. 1/3
October 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Announcement! 📣
Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers is happy to announce a contest to honor the best papers presented at the upcoming Society for the Study of American Women Writers conference (5-9 November 2025) in Philadelphia. 1/3
Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers is happy to announce a contest to honor the best papers presented at the upcoming Society for the Study of American Women Writers conference (5-9 November 2025) in Philadelphia. 1/3
It's time for a celebration of Sarah Josepha Hale, born on the October 24, 1788! 🎈
Enjoy readings of her work with:
- "Embodied Pedagogies: Femininity, Diversity, and Community in Anthologies of Women's Writing, 1836–2009" by Karen L. Kilcup - muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic... 1/3
Enjoy readings of her work with:
- "Embodied Pedagogies: Femininity, Diversity, and Community in Anthologies of Women's Writing, 1836–2009" by Karen L. Kilcup - muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic... 1/3
October 24, 2025 at 9:10 AM
It's time for a celebration of Sarah Josepha Hale, born on the October 24, 1788! 🎈
Enjoy readings of her work with:
- "Embodied Pedagogies: Femininity, Diversity, and Community in Anthologies of Women's Writing, 1836–2009" by Karen L. Kilcup - muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic... 1/3
Enjoy readings of her work with:
- "Embodied Pedagogies: Femininity, Diversity, and Community in Anthologies of Women's Writing, 1836–2009" by Karen L. Kilcup - muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic... 1/3
Happy (not quite) birthday to Hannah Crafts, whose precise date of birth is unknown (circa 1830), but who still deserves to be celebrated!
Read about Crafts with:
- "Addition by Subtraction: Toward a Literary History of Racial Representation" by Gene Andrew Jarrett: muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic...
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Read about Crafts with:
- "Addition by Subtraction: Toward a Literary History of Racial Representation" by Gene Andrew Jarrett: muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic...
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October 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Happy (not quite) birthday to Hannah Crafts, whose precise date of birth is unknown (circa 1830), but who still deserves to be celebrated!
Read about Crafts with:
- "Addition by Subtraction: Toward a Literary History of Racial Representation" by Gene Andrew Jarrett: muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic...
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Read about Crafts with:
- "Addition by Subtraction: Toward a Literary History of Racial Representation" by Gene Andrew Jarrett: muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic...
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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper is 200 today! @c19americanists.bsky.social @digblk.bsky.social @ccp-org.bsky.social @blkgrlpoet.bsky.social @profgabrielle.bsky.social @npr.org She’s just as fabulous, relevant, and fiery now as she was in C19! For a sample, see commonplace.online/article/vol-...
September 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper is 200 today! @c19americanists.bsky.social @digblk.bsky.social @ccp-org.bsky.social @blkgrlpoet.bsky.social @profgabrielle.bsky.social @npr.org She’s just as fabulous, relevant, and fiery now as she was in C19! For a sample, see commonplace.online/article/vol-...
Born on this day in 1825... the great Frances Ellen Watkins Harper!
You can of course still read our 2024 issue dedicated to Harper, introduced by Eric Gardner: muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic.... Available in open access!
But don't forget previous and equally excellent contributions on Harper:
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You can of course still read our 2024 issue dedicated to Harper, introduced by Eric Gardner: muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic.... Available in open access!
But don't forget previous and equally excellent contributions on Harper:
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September 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Born on this day in 1825... the great Frances Ellen Watkins Harper!
You can of course still read our 2024 issue dedicated to Harper, introduced by Eric Gardner: muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic.... Available in open access!
But don't forget previous and equally excellent contributions on Harper:
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You can of course still read our 2024 issue dedicated to Harper, introduced by Eric Gardner: muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic.... Available in open access!
But don't forget previous and equally excellent contributions on Harper:
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Thank you Eagan for your review ✨ (It convinced me to give it a read!) And it's a truly key topic for gender studies!
I was very pleased to review @riislover667.bsky.social's gorgeous volume _Feminism Against Cisness_ for @legacy1984.bsky.social . A great step toward trans studies as method and highly accessible for C19 practitioners!
September 18, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Thank you Eagan for your review ✨ (It convinced me to give it a read!) And it's a truly key topic for gender studies!
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#c19 question: this daguerreotype pops up in a few places on social media, and now wikipedia, identified as Harriet E. Wilson. But is there any scholarly provenance documenting that it is / probably is her?
September 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
#c19 question: this daguerreotype pops up in a few places on social media, and now wikipedia, identified as Harriet E. Wilson. But is there any scholarly provenance documenting that it is / probably is her?
Another birthday to celebrate today: Sarah Orne Jewett's! (Born in 1849!) 🌲🌲🌲
Here's a slew of great essays on one of Maine's most precious treasures :
- "Eunice and the Jade Gods: Jewett's Religious Rhetoric in A Country Doctor" by Terry Heller: muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic...
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Here's a slew of great essays on one of Maine's most precious treasures :
- "Eunice and the Jade Gods: Jewett's Religious Rhetoric in A Country Doctor" by Terry Heller: muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic...
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September 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Another birthday to celebrate today: Sarah Orne Jewett's! (Born in 1849!) 🌲🌲🌲
Here's a slew of great essays on one of Maine's most precious treasures :
- "Eunice and the Jade Gods: Jewett's Religious Rhetoric in A Country Doctor" by Terry Heller: muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic...
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Here's a slew of great essays on one of Maine's most precious treasures :
- "Eunice and the Jade Gods: Jewett's Religious Rhetoric in A Country Doctor" by Terry Heller: muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic...
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Do you want to celebrate Lydia Sigourney, born on this day in 1791? 🎈We suggest this great essay by Bryan Sinche, « Lydia Sigourney’s Lydia Sigourney’s Sailors and the Limits of Sentiment »: muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic... (if you do not have access to the article, send us a quick message!) 1/3
September 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Do you want to celebrate Lydia Sigourney, born on this day in 1791? 🎈We suggest this great essay by Bryan Sinche, « Lydia Sigourney’s Lydia Sigourney’s Sailors and the Limits of Sentiment »: muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic... (if you do not have access to the article, send us a quick message!) 1/3
New issue of Legacy is out, and open access! 🗞️
Click right here to access Volume 42, No 1:
muse.jhu.edu/issue/55448 !
On the menu:
- "Leaving Giants Unslain: Idle Activism in Catharine Sedgwick's The Linwoods and Other Writings" by Jordan L. Von Cannon
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Click right here to access Volume 42, No 1:
muse.jhu.edu/issue/55448 !
On the menu:
- "Leaving Giants Unslain: Idle Activism in Catharine Sedgwick's The Linwoods and Other Writings" by Jordan L. Von Cannon
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August 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
New issue of Legacy is out, and open access! 🗞️
Click right here to access Volume 42, No 1:
muse.jhu.edu/issue/55448 !
On the menu:
- "Leaving Giants Unslain: Idle Activism in Catharine Sedgwick's The Linwoods and Other Writings" by Jordan L. Von Cannon
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Click right here to access Volume 42, No 1:
muse.jhu.edu/issue/55448 !
On the menu:
- "Leaving Giants Unslain: Idle Activism in Catharine Sedgwick's The Linwoods and Other Writings" by Jordan L. Von Cannon
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Ten days left to apply to this great mentorship program!
Are you a Phd student? Do you work on American women writers? Would you like to receive mentorship from some of the foremost specialists in the field? If yes, read below! ⬇️ ✨ 1/3
August 5, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Ten days left to apply to this great mentorship program!
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In 2022, we received an NEH grant to advance our mission to amplify and assist scholars working to digitally recover neglected texts by women writers of the Americas. What did we do with it? A lot! Read all about the Recovery Hub's work in our NEW white paper: recoveryhub.siue.edu/wp-content/u...
July 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
In 2022, we received an NEH grant to advance our mission to amplify and assist scholars working to digitally recover neglected texts by women writers of the Americas. What did we do with it? A lot! Read all about the Recovery Hub's work in our NEW white paper: recoveryhub.siue.edu/wp-content/u...
Are you a Phd student? Do you work on American women writers? Would you like to receive mentorship from some of the foremost specialists in the field? If yes, read below! ⬇️ ✨ 1/3
July 8, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Are you a Phd student? Do you work on American women writers? Would you like to receive mentorship from some of the foremost specialists in the field? If yes, read below! ⬇️ ✨ 1/3
Still in open access, from the latest issue of Legacy: the incredible forum on Louisa May Alcott's 1873 novel Work, introduced by Max L. Chapnick and Eagan Dean! Follow the link: muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic.... 1/3
July 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Still in open access, from the latest issue of Legacy: the incredible forum on Louisa May Alcott's 1873 novel Work, introduced by Max L. Chapnick and Eagan Dean! Follow the link: muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic.... 1/3
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In honor of Juneteenth, check out the Teaching Hard History podcast from Learning for Justice, to "commit to teaching the hard history that is foundational to the US and the ongoing movement for freedom and equality." Includes episodes centered on film and literature. lfj.pub/hard-history...
June 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
In honor of Juneteenth, check out the Teaching Hard History podcast from Learning for Justice, to "commit to teaching the hard history that is foundational to the US and the ongoing movement for freedom and equality." Includes episodes centered on film and literature. lfj.pub/hard-history...
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Did you know that the Recovery Hub offers free consultations on digital recovery projects? We're here to help you work through questions at any stage of your project, from early imaginings to the final product. #academicsky
Book a chat with a digital humanist!
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Book a chat with a digital humanist!
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June 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Did you know that the Recovery Hub offers free consultations on digital recovery projects? We're here to help you work through questions at any stage of your project, from early imaginings to the final product. #academicsky
Book a chat with a digital humanist!
calendly.com/recoveryhub-...
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Book a chat with a digital humanist!
calendly.com/recoveryhub-...
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A big WHOOPS—and congratulations—to Elizabeth James, who co-wrote "Methodologies for Exploring Unknown Archives." Our social media coordinator missed the fact that James was the Recovery Hub consultant for the Woman's Literary Club of Baltimore Digital Archive. Great work, Elizabeth! #academicsky
June 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
A big WHOOPS—and congratulations—to Elizabeth James, who co-wrote "Methodologies for Exploring Unknown Archives." Our social media coordinator missed the fact that James was the Recovery Hub consultant for the Woman's Literary Club of Baltimore Digital Archive. Great work, Elizabeth! #academicsky
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This Wed., May 28 at 12 noon Central, join us for our first Tech Hour, "Getting Started with Digital Humanities." This free Zoom session will explore early steps for beginning a digital humanities project. Register and get the Zoom link: recoveryhub.siue.edu/2025/05/14/s... #academicsky
May 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This Wed., May 28 at 12 noon Central, join us for our first Tech Hour, "Getting Started with Digital Humanities." This free Zoom session will explore early steps for beginning a digital humanities project. Register and get the Zoom link: recoveryhub.siue.edu/2025/05/14/s... #academicsky
To continue the exploration of Legacy vol. 42 no. 2, I turn today to the incredible forum on F.E. Watkins Harper, whose 200th anniversary we will celebrate in September 2025! (This will be in two parts)
May 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
To continue the exploration of Legacy vol. 42 no. 2, I turn today to the incredible forum on F.E. Watkins Harper, whose 200th anniversary we will celebrate in September 2025! (This will be in two parts)
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Per Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, remembering Black soldiers who “marched to the front, faithful to the country when others were faithless—who were rallying around the flag when Rebels were trampling it under feet; true to the country when she wanted a friend.” See commonplace.online/article/vol-...
May 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Per Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, remembering Black soldiers who “marched to the front, faithful to the country when others were faithless—who were rallying around the flag when Rebels were trampling it under feet; true to the country when she wanted a friend.” See commonplace.online/article/vol-...
As promised, let's have a look together at the incredible contents of the latest issue of Legacy!
✏ Firstly: "Learning to Read American Women Writers" by Patricia Okker 1/3
✏ Firstly: "Learning to Read American Women Writers" by Patricia Okker 1/3
May 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
As promised, let's have a look together at the incredible contents of the latest issue of Legacy!
✏ Firstly: "Learning to Read American Women Writers" by Patricia Okker 1/3
✏ Firstly: "Learning to Read American Women Writers" by Patricia Okker 1/3