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Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
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An organization of historians fostering knowledge of U.S. history from the close of the Civil War through the 1920s https://www.shgape.org/
Please take a few minutes to read this beautiful tribute to our friend and scholar Dr. Lloyd Ambrosius. Dr. Jeanette Eileen Jones, who authored the tribute, is hosting a panel on his legacy at the OAH in Philadelphia. More information can be found at the link.
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Tribute to Lloyd Ambrosius - SHGAPE Blog
The following is a tribute to Lloyd Ambrosius (1941-2024) by Dr. Jeannette Eileen Jones, who will be chairing the panel "Lloyd Ambrosius and His Historical Legacies" at the 2026 meeting of the Organiz...
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November 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The spooky October Minding the GAPE is now alive... ALIVE!! We've collected some great stories from tales of ghosts at historic sites to murder ballads, creepy clowns, and off-year gubernatorial elections. Give these links a read, share, and join SHGAPE!

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Minding the GAPE – October 2025 - SHGAPE Blog
Ghost stories from historic sites, creepy clowns, murder ballads, asylums and conservatorship, the New Lost Cause, the origins of off-year gubernatorial elections, and much more.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Please take a look at this great review of "Sex Radical," a film about sex educator, scholar, and Comstock hater Ida Craddock. The film will be available to stream FOR FREE from Oct. 31-Nov. 4. Info available in the review.

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SEX RADICAL: A New Film About a Woman Who Battled the Comstock Regime - SHGAPE Blog
Historians of the Gilded Age are certainly familiar with the nefarious deeds of the evangelical “vice-hunter,” Anthony Comstock, but they may not know the story of Ida Craddock, a sex educator, schola...
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October 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The September Minding the GAPE is here! There's some exciting stuff including women's rights and bowling, public history at Gilded Age mansions in Newport, and the return of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era podcast! Please take a look and share with friends!
Minding the GAPE – September 2025 - SHGAPE Blog
Bowling and women's rights, public history at the Gilded Age mansions of Newport, playing with fire in turn-of-the-century New York City, the long history of political violence in the U.S., the return...
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October 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Writing group alert!! Our popular program is back! Check out all the details of the SHGAPE-Sponsored Writing Groups! If interested, please fill out this Google form before Oct. 10! urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
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October 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The October 1st deadline is approaching! Remember to submit your proposals for SHGAPE's first stand-alone conference! www.shgape.org/shgape-confe... #Skystorians #History #CFP #HistorySky #GildedAge #ProgressiveEra
SHGAPE is hosting its first stand-alone conference June 4-6, 2026, at Loyola University in Chicago! We plan to offer seminars, workshops, roundtables, & traditional paper panels. Submit your proposal by October 1st! Full guidelines here: www.shgape.org/shgape-confe... #skystorians #history #CFP
Conference - SHGAPE
Call for Papers The Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era is delighted to host its first stand-alone conference, June 4-6, 2026, at Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois. We we...
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September 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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We are back!!! In this episode I interview my co-host Boyd Cothran about his recent book, _The Edwin Fox: How an Ordinary Sailing Ship Connected the Workd in the Age of Globalization, 1850-1914_, published by @uncpress.bsky.social @shgape.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
104: The Voyage of the Edwin Fox
Podcast Episode · The Gilded Age and Progressive Era · 09/24/2025 · 1h
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September 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
New Minding the GAPE! In July's roundup of #GildedAge & #ProgressiveEra posts & articles from around the web, read up on Robert La Follette, convict labor in Florida’s swamps, the “pansy craze,” the legacy of the #ScopesTrial 100 years later, & much more: blog.shgape.org/minding-the-... #Skystorians
Minding the GAPE – July 2025 - SHGAPE Blog
Spun-glass fabrics, Robert La Follette, convict labor in Florida's swamps, dying before germ theory, the "pansy craze," the legacy of the Scopes "Monkey Trial" 100 years later, and much more.
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August 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Funding opportunity! The SHGAPE #ResearchGrant awards $1,500 to one recipient. Any US #history topic, 1865-1920s. Limited to advanced PhD students, independent scholars, & contingent faculty who are SHGAPE members. Deadline is Oct 31. Full details: shgape.org/prizes-award... #Skystorians #HistorySky
Research Grant - SHGAPE
Research Grant Funding Opportunity: SHGAPE Research Grant The Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era  (SHGAPE) announces a grant of up to $1,500 to be awarded to a single recipie...
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July 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Call for submissions! SHGAPE's Fishel-Calhoun Article Prize is awarded for the best article on any aspect of US #history, 1865-1917. Open to new scholars (grad students or w/in 6 yrs of PhD) who have not yet pub'ed a book. Deadline is Oct 31. Full details: www.shgape.org/prizes-award... #Skystorians
Fishel-Calhoun Article Prize - SHGAPE
Fishel-Calhoun Article Prize The Fishel-Calhoun Article Prize is awarded every two years for the best article dealing with any aspect of United States history between 1865 and 1917. The prize is open ...
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July 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Call for submissions! SHGAPE's Presidents' Book Prize is awarded for the best book treating any aspect of US #history, 1865-1920s. Must be author’s 2nd or subsequent scholarly book. Deadline is Oct 31. Full details: www.shgape.org/prizes-award... #Skystorians #HistorySky #GildedAge #ProgressiveEra
Presidents’ Book Prize - SHGAPE
Presidents’ Book Prize The Presidents’ Book Prize is awarded in even-numbered years for the best book treating any aspect of United States history in the period 1865-1920s. It must be the author’s sec...
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July 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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@loyolahistdept.bsky.social will be hosting @shgape.bsky.social's first stand alone conference next June, & the CFP is live! Please help spread the word!

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Conference - SHGAPE
Call for Papers The Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era is delighted to host its first stand-alone conference, June 4-6, 2026, at Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois. We we...
www.shgape.org
July 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
SHGAPE is hosting its first stand-alone conference June 4-6, 2026, at Loyola University in Chicago! We plan to offer seminars, workshops, roundtables, & traditional paper panels. Submit your proposal by October 1st! Full guidelines here: www.shgape.org/shgape-confe... #skystorians #history #CFP
Conference - SHGAPE
Call for Papers The Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era is delighted to host its first stand-alone conference, June 4-6, 2026, at Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois. We we...
www.shgape.org
July 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
June’s roundup of #GildedAge & #ProgressiveEra posts & articles from around the web is here! #Pride month gave us new posts on #LGBTQ+ history, incl. same-sex romance in the Civil War era & “female husbands.” Plus read up on the history of #Juneteenth and much more: blog.shgape.org/minding-the-...
Minding the GAPE – June 2025 - SHGAPE Blog
Juneteenth historic sites, “female husbands,” a ghost fleet in the Potomac, the “convict clause” and the Panama Canal, the 19th-century origins of criminalizing abortion, a brief history of miasma the...
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July 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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War. Peace. Food. Drinks. People. Labor. Politics. And more! Check out the Gilded Age & Progressive Era podcast, been around for a few years, doing some amazing stuff & now with new hosts! @shgape.bsky.social @oah.org @shafrhistorians.bsky.social @historians.org 🗃️ shows.acast.com/gildedageand...
The Gilded Age and Progressive Era
with Michael Patrick Cullinane
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June 17, 2025 at 12:30 AM
In our latest roundup of #GildedAge & #ProgressiveEra posts & articles from around the web, find historical perspectives on #WellnessFarms & eugenics, the #US-Canada border, the #SAVEAct, #SinnersFilm, #PopeLeoXIV 's name choice, the #MetGala, & more. #skystorians blog.shgape.org/minding-the-...
Minding the GAPE – May 2025 - SHGAPE Blog
"Wellness farms" and the eugenic history of confining young people with disability, how the U.S.-Canada border was shaped, parallels between the SAVE Act and the 1907 Expatriation Act, the real histor...
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June 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
A new roundup of #GildedAge & #ProgressiveEra posts & articles from around the web is here! #Tariffs & income #tax, origins of the Easter Egg Roll, HBCU marching bands, epidemics & disability, primary sources from mass persuasion campaigns, why we regulate milk, +more blog.shgape.org/minding-the-...
Minding the GAPE – April 2025 - SHGAPE Blog
Tariffs and the income tax in historical perspective, the origins of the White House Easter Egg Roll, HBCU marching bands, epidemics and disability, primary sources from mass persuasion campaigns, why...
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May 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The Society for #Historians of the #GildedAge & #ProgressiveEra is on Bluesky! We'll share Society news, opportunities, & blog posts from the SHGAPE Blog (blog.shgape.org). Check out our recently refreshed website (www.shgape.org) & give us a follow! #history #skystorians #historysky #historiansky
May 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM