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Lisa Materson @lmaterson.bsky.social · Sep 6

Thank you to Manuel Grajales for this wonderful review of RADICAL SOLIDARITY for H-Net Reviews @mannygrajales2.bsky.social @uncpress.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/hnet...

H-Net Reviews @hnetreviews.bsky.social · Sep 5

New book review:
Grajales on Materson, Lisa G.: _Radical Solidarity: Ruth Reynolds, Political Allyship, and the Battle for Puerto Rico's Independence_. University of North Carolina Press, 2024. Published by H-Caribbean.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20124313

Materson, Lisa G.. Radical Solidarity: Ruth Reynolds, Political Allyship, and the Battle for Puerto Rico's Independence. : University of North Carolina Press, 2024. 286 pp. $29.95 (paper), ISBN 9781469679921. Reviewed by Manuel A. Grajales (University of North Texas) Published on H-Caribbean (September, 2025) Commissioned by Aaron Coy Moulton (Stephen F. Austin State University)

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Lisa Materson @lmaterson.bsky.social · Sep 4

I am grateful to Mónica Jiménez for this beautiful review of RADICAL SOLIDARITY in _The Americas_ @monijimenez.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Radical Solidarity: Ruth Reynolds, Political Allyship, and the Battle for Puerto Rico’s Independence. By Lisa G. Materson. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 2024. Pp. 286. $29.95 cloth. | The...

Radical Solidarity: Ruth Reynolds, Political Allyship, and the Battle for Puerto Rico’s Independence. By Lisa G. Materson. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 2024. Pp. 286. $29.95 cloth.

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · Jul 25

New episode of Early American Conversations! A conversation between Ellen Hartigan-O'Connor, author of America Under the Hammer, and Melena Laudig, our 2024-2025 Richard S. Dunn Fellow: open.spotify.com/episode/34zL...

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History UC Davis @history-ucdavis.bsky.social · Jun 23

Professor Lisa Materson’s new book RADICAL SOLIDARITY receives an Honorable Mention for the 2025 Elsa Goveia Book Prize from the Association of Caribbean Historians! Congratulations, Professor Materson!
#skystorians

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John Smolenski @jsmolenski.bsky.social · Jun 23

Yay!!!! Outstanding book by an outstanding historian. Congratulations @lmaterson.bsky.social

History UC Davis @history-ucdavis.bsky.social · Jun 23

Professor Lisa Materson’s new book RADICAL SOLIDARITY receives an Honorable Mention for the 2025 Elsa Goveia Book Prize from the Association of Caribbean Historians! Congratulations, Professor Materson!
#skystorians

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Lisa Materson @lmaterson.bsky.social · Jun 24

Thank you, John!!

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Lisa Materson @lmaterson.bsky.social · Jun 13

Thank you!!

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Lisa Materson @lmaterson.bsky.social · Jun 13

Excited to share that RADICAL SOLIDARITY received an Honorable Mention for the 2025 Elsa Goveia Book Prize from the Association of Caribbean Historians. I'm grateful to the ACH for this recognition! @uncpress.bsky.social

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José Juan Pérez Meléndez @jjperdez.bsky.social · May 25

Paperback is now available for pre-order and will be out this summer (use code PPIB2025 for a 20% discount). Looking forward to sharing the work more broadly. www.cambridge.org/us/universit...

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History UC Davis @history-ucdavis.bsky.social · May 18

Join us tomorrow, Monday, May 19 for a Symposium on Puerto Rico and the Diaspora organized by the Davis-Puerto Rico Initiative. 9:00-3:00, Sproul 912. History Professors Lisa Materson and José Juan Pérez Meléndez are among the speakers. #puertorico #skystorians

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History UC Davis @history-ucdavis.bsky.social · May 8

Don Romesburg, Historian and Professor of Women's and Gender Studies @ Sonoma State University, will discuss his new book, Contested Curriculum: LGBTQ History Goes to School (Rutgers UP, 2025), Wed, 5/21, 4pm, 3201 Hart Hall!

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MSW Media @mswmedia.com · Mar 24

New #UnsungHistory podcast 🤓 with @feministkelly.bsky.social. #MSWMedia

Listen: www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/RuthReynolds/

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Women Also Know History @womenknowhistory.bsky.social · Mar 25

For your podcast listening enjoyment!

Lisa Materson @lmaterson.bsky.social · Mar 25

Had a great time speaking with @feministkelly.bsky.social of #UnsungHistory about Ruth Reynolds, solidarity activism, and the struggle for Puerto Rico's independence! 🎙️Check out the episode below👇👇—and explore the additional sources list! www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/RuthReynolds/

Ruth Reynolds & Puerto Rican Independence

Ruth Reynolds, born in the Black Hills of South Dakota in 1916 to a strict Methodist family, may have seemed an unlikely ally to the cause of Puerto Rican independe…

www.unsunghistorypodcast.com

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Lisa Materson @lmaterson.bsky.social · Mar 25

Can't wait to read! Congratulations!!

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Emma Amador @emmaamador.bsky.social · Mar 25

📚 Today & tomorrow you can preorder my book for 50% off as a part of the flash sale at @dukepress.bsky.social ! Use Coupon Code FLASH25 ⭐️ So excited the book is out in less than a month. 🎉

Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · Mar 20

In "The Politics of Care Work," @emmaamador.bsky.social tells the story of Puerto Rican women’s involvement in political activism for social and economic justice in Puerto Rico and the United States throughout the 20th century. Read the intro for free on our website! #LatinxStudies
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Cover of Politics of Care Work: Puerto Rican Women Organizing for Social Justice by Emma Amador. The cover features a photograph of a middle-aged woman speaking on the phone. The photograph has been edited with bright, monochromatic tints: the woman has a pink hue, the background a turquoise one, and the phone has a yellow tint.

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José Juan Pérez Meléndez @jjperdez.bsky.social · Mar 25

Happy to share my new article, "A Tropical Vienna," which offers a new take on how Brazil became independent. Open access in The Americas! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Lisa Materson @lmaterson.bsky.social · Mar 25

Thank you, Sandra!!

Lisa Materson @lmaterson.bsky.social · Mar 25

Had a great time speaking with @feministkelly.bsky.social of #UnsungHistory about Ruth Reynolds, solidarity activism, and the struggle for Puerto Rico's independence! 🎙️Check out the episode below👇👇—and explore the additional sources list! www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/RuthReynolds/

Ruth Reynolds & Puerto Rican Independence

Ruth Reynolds, born in the Black Hills of South Dakota in 1916 to a strict Methodist family, may have seemed an unlikely ally to the cause of Puerto Rican independe…

www.unsunghistorypodcast.com

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History UC Davis @history-ucdavis.bsky.social · Mar 24

Professor Lisa G. Materson discusses her new book _Radical Solidarity: Ruth Reynolds, Political Allyship, and the Battle for Puerto Rico's Independence_ with @feministkelly.bsky.social on the Unsung History Podcast: www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/RuthReynolds/

Ruth Reynolds & Puerto Rican Independence

Ruth Reynolds, born in the Black Hills of South Dakota in 1916 to a strict Methodist family, may have seemed an unlikely ally to the cause of Puerto Rican independe…

www.unsunghistorypodcast.com

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Kelly Therese @feministkelly.bsky.social · Mar 4

This week on Unsung History, @marthasjones.bsky.social joins me to discuss her fabulous new book, The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir. You don't want to miss this episode.

The Color Line

My guest today is Dr. Martha S. Jones , the Society of Black Alumni Presidential Professor, professor of history, and a professor at the SNF Agora Institute at the …

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Kelly Therese @feministkelly.bsky.social · Mar 11

Thank you to @scatterall.bsky.social for joining me this week on Unsung History to talk all about the amazing Amelia Bloomer, who never waited around for someone else to take action when change was needed.

Amelia Bloomer

Amelia Jenks Bloomer was many things: writer and publisher, public speaker, temperance reformer, advocate for women’s rights and dress reform, and adoptive mother. …

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MSW Media @mswmedia.com · Mar 17

New #UnsungHistory podcast 🤓 with @feministkelly.bsky.social. #MSWMedia

Listen: www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/WFH/

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History UC Davis @history-ucdavis.bsky.social · Mar 5

Professor Lisa Materson’s new book, 📚Radical Solidarity📚 tells the story of an unlikely ally in Puerto Rico’s independence movement." #skystorians lettersandsciencemag.ucdavis.edu/self-society...

Radical Solidarity: New Book Tells the Story of an Unlikely Ally in Puerto Rico’s Independence Movement

Historian Lisa Materson’s new book, Radical Solidarity: Ruth Reynolds, Political Allyship, and the Battle for Puerto Rico's Independence (UNC Press, 2024), tells the story of an unlikely activist and ...

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History UC Davis @history-ucdavis.bsky.social · Mar 2

UC Irvine Professor Adria L. Imada will join us on Thursday, March 6 at noon to give the annual WGH Nathalie Esteban Collin Memorial Lecture. All are welcome.

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Lisa Materson @lmaterson.bsky.social · Mar 5

📚Radical Solidarity📚 "New book tells the story of an unlikely ally in Puerto Rico’s independence movement." Grateful to Alex Russell and the Letters & Science Magazine for showcasing my work!
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Radical Solidarity: New Book Tells the Story of an Unlikely Ally in Puerto Rico’s Independence Movement

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