A talk about two of my favorite women….and not on Zoom!

Julia Wilbur’s final resting spot in Avon, New York, is definitely more restful now.

The post-Civil War work of the Freedmen’s Bureau was curtailed from the start.

Starting the school year—the 1844-45 school year, that is.

A presentation by Fran Bromberg about the creation, forgetting, and rededication of the cemetery on South Washington Street

Stories behind Civil War graffiti at Historic Blenheim in Fairfax, VA.

Julia Wilbur and other “dutiful daughters” (and nieces, aunts, et al.) often had their hands full.

Here’s how Julia Wilbur—and finally liberated African Americans—celebrated July 4, 1865, in Washington, DC.

Julia Wilbur’s experiences as a teacher from 1844 to 1859 ring true today. Equal pay for equal work, anyone?

In which I learn more from the author about the life of female government employees (including Julia Wilbur) in the 1860s.

Julia Wilbur records what she felt and saw the day after Lincoln's assassination.

There's been a lot in the paper lately about Freedom House in Alexandria. Here's some background.

December 31, 1859, was a sad milestone for Julia Wilbur, but one that propelled her in a very different direction.

Hot Christmas gift in 1853-1854: Autographs for Freedom, compiled by the Rochester Ladies Anti-Slavery Society.

I hope my guest blog for the University of Nebraska Press gives you some useful tips to go from diary pages to a narrative.

Historian and author Pamela Toler posed some questions to me about Julia Wilbur and Civil War Alexandria.

A Maine woman made life less miserable for thousands of soldiers in Alexandria, VA.

I created a Julia Wilbur Walking Tour. Here's how. (And I will do it again, now that I have road-tested it!)

Julia Wilbur drew a picture of Nine Partners Boarding School, which she attended at age 14--and I recently got a look at it.

The courtroom where Mary Surratt and 7 others were tried--then and now.