History and #MeToo

The phrase “Me Too” originated with activist Tarana Burke in 2006. As this issue of Perspectives goes to press, it’s been just over a year since the hashtag #MeToo achieved critical mass on social media, and the country is still confronting the meaning of the movement it’s spawned. Historians have written copiously about sexual harassment and assault, sometimes in the context of our everyday working lives. Amy Stanley’s cover story is about what happens when we choose to believe the sources in the archives.

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Staff

Allison Miller, editor
Kritika Agarwal, managing editor
Elyse Martin, associate editor, web content and social media
Zoë Jackson, editorial assistant
Liz Townsend, manager, data administration and integrity

Other Articles

The AHA Townhouse

November 1, 2018

From the Editor

Townhouse Notes, November 2018
Letter from Mary Beth Norton

October 25, 2018

From the President

Assessing Women’s History from a Personal Angle
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November 1, 2018

In Memoriam

Boyd Howard Hill Jr. (1931–2018)
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November 1, 2018

In Memoriam

Jan Ellen Lewis (1949–2018)
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November 1, 2018

In Memoriam

Samuel T. McSeveney (1930–2017)
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November 1, 2018

Letters to the Editor

On “Request Denied”
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November 6, 2018

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Ananya Chakravarti
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November 7, 2018

Perspectives Daily

What Does It Mean to Study History?
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November 14, 2018

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Josiah M. Daniel III
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November 15, 2018

Perspectives Daily

Disability and Place
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November 21, 2018

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Tatiana Linkhoeva
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November 27, 2018

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Mary Robertson
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November 29, 2018

Perspectives Daily

“We’re Not Just Students, We Are Organizers”

News

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October 22, 2018

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Processing Grief
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November 1, 2018

News

Imagining the Digital Monograph

November 1, 2018

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Advocacy Briefs, November 2018