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In Praise Of Margaret Howard, Nancy B. Rapoport
In Praise Of Margaret Howard, Nancy B. Rapoport
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Professor Nancy Rapoport joins a group of distinguished colleagues in paying tribute to Professor Margaret Howard.
Book Review, David S. Tanenhaus
Book Review, David S. Tanenhaus
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After missing an opportunity as a graduate student in the early 1970s to meet the aged Miriam Van Waters, whose distinguished career as a penal reformer spanned from the First World War to the launching of Sputnik, historian Estelle Freedman now attempts to capture her through biography. Freedman’s effort is a valiant one because Van Waters, a student of psychology, struggled with her own identity and sexuality, and repeatedly pushed away anyone who tried to get too close. One can only imagine how the intensely private Van Waters would have reacted to learning that her most personal conflicts would become …