Rachel Shelden

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I’m a historian at Penn State and director of the Richards Civil War Era Center. I'm the author of Washington Brotherhood: Politics, Social Life, & the Coming of the Civil War (UNC Press, 2013). I'm currently working on a book about the political lives and world of 19th c. Supreme Court justices. #histodon #histodons #historians #SCOTUS
Personal Websitehttps://rachelshelden.com/
Washington Brotherhoodhttps://uncpress.org/book/9781469626505/washington-brotherhood/
Richards Civil War Era Centerhttps://richardscenter.la.psu.edu/
Women Also Know Historyhttps://womenalsoknowhistory.com/individual-scholar-page/?pdb=455
Rachel SheldenNov 26, 2022
Robert Tsai Nov 26, 2022
Between 2020 and 2021, leading constitutional experts got together, debated the major flaws of America’s founding document, and drafted a new constitution for a modern pluralistic democracy rather than a slaveholding republic. The results, along with a set of essays, were published in a special issue of Democracy Journal. We hope the document will spark conversation about the need to modernize the US Constitution. Read what we came up with: https://bit.ly/2Sna6QF
The Democracy Constitution

This special symposium is probably the most ambitious project this journal has ever undertaken: the writing of a new constitution for our country. The symposium includes several sections. We begin with a group of introductory essays by Editor Michael Tomasky, who describes the genesis of the project

Democracy Journal
Rachel SheldenNov 26, 2022

RT @[email protected]

One of the huge advantages of twitter. I was completely unaware of this story. The myth of 1877 is everywhere. The actual story... well, if you don't know what you think is a myth why would you even look? https://twitter.com/rachelshelden/status/1596527746959769600

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/wagesofwins/status/1596541862533554176

Rachel Shelden (@[email protected]) on Twitter

“It’s that time of year! It might be easy to end the first half U.S. survey with the “Compromise of 1877,” but that compromise is a myth. @ebalexan and I wrote about why last year for the @washingtonpost @madebyhistory https://t.co/zRznxrp8tV”

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Show threadRachel SheldenNov 26, 2022
It’s that time of year! It might be easy to end the first half U.S. survey with the “Compromise of 1877,” but that compromise is a myth. @[email protected] and I wrote about why last year for the @[email protected] @[email protected] https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/10/08/electoral-count-act-is-broken-fixing-it-requires-knowing-how-it-became-law/
The Electoral Count Act is broken. Fixing it requires knowing how it became law.

Trump tried to exploit flaws that were embedded in the law from the start.

The Washington Post
Rachel SheldenNov 26, 2022

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Couple months ago someone had a thread about how the election of 1876/compromise of 1877 is usually taught wrong. At the time I thought "I'll update my Reconstruction lecture, but no rush; there's plenty of time." That time in Monday. Anyone help me find it? #twitterstorians

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/DavidHeadPhd/status/1596312660399751169

Rachel SheldenNov 25, 2022
profblmkelleyNov 18, 2022
My book, Black Folk is on the way, it will be out in June 2023. Please preorder! Link is in my bio!
Rachel SheldenNov 23, 2022

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@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] Thank you to @[email protected] staff and editors, our amazing authors, and especially my favorite collaborator @[email protected] !! Very excited to have this out in the world! Looking forward to conversations, but especially to more creative inventive history!!

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ProfLMH/status/1595472879273000960

Leslie Harris on Twitter

“@rachelshelden @DainaRameyBerry @JCWE1 Thank you to @JCWE1 staff and editors, our amazing authors, and especially my favorite collaborator @DainaRameyBerry !! Very excited to have this out in the world! Looking forward to conversations, but especially to more creative inventive history!!”

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Rachel SheldenNov 22, 2022
Jonathan S. JonesNov 22, 2022
Hi #Histodons! My coeditors and I are seeking submissions for an edited collection "The Civil War on Drugs." Interested in exploring an idea? Let us know! #CivilWar #Histmed #History https://networks.h-net.org/node/4113/discussions/11425455/call-chapter-proposals
Call for Chapter Proposals | H-CivWar | H-Net

Rachel SheldenNov 22, 2022
Steven L. DanverNov 22, 2022
Hey #histodons! Proposing a roundtable session for the 2023 Western History Assn conference on the restorative and reparative work that so many of us do in our own institutions. Historians have an essential role to play in DEI, so I propose a discussion to delve into how we involve ourselves in DEI work and how DEI work informs our pedagogy and research. Let me know if you are interested...I'll be happy to spearhead a session proposal. Proposals are due December 5, 2022.
Show threadRachel SheldenNov 22, 2022

⬇️ @[email protected] & @[email protected]'s must-read intro to the newest issue of the @[email protected] on the "richness of available sources" in 19th-century African American history is available open-access below!

https://www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2022/11/guest-editors-jcwe-december-2023-note-researching-nineteenth-century-african-american-history/

Guest Editors' JCWE December 2023 Note: Researching Nineteenth-Century African American History - The Journal of the Civil War Era

In 1985, The Historic New Orleans Collection purchased one of the few known nineteenth-century paintings of a free woman of color in the United States. François Fleischbein’s Portrait of a Free Woman of Color, completed in 1837, is mounted in an elaborate and expensive goldleaf frame. The woman wears a delicately painted lace collar and … Read More Read More

The Journal of the Civil War Era
Rachel SheldenNov 22, 2022

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Super excited to announce the 12/2022 issue of @[email protected], w/ guest eds @[email protected] and @[email protected] & their wonderful intro on researching 19th-century African American history; articles by Kim Welch, @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected]! https://www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2022/11/guest-editors-jcwe-december-2023-note-researching-nineteenth-century-african-american-history/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/katemasur/status/1595124506372497408

Guest Editors' JCWE December 2023 Note: Researching Nineteenth-Century African American History - The Journal of the Civil War Era

In 1985, The Historic New Orleans Collection purchased one of the few known nineteenth-century paintings of a free woman of color in the United States. François Fleischbein’s Portrait of a Free Woman of Color, completed in 1837, is mounted in an elaborate and expensive goldleaf frame. The woman wears a delicately painted lace collar and … Read More Read More

The Journal of the Civil War Era