Dr. Bonnie O’Neill will present “Making It Personal: Reading the Correspondence Between Lydia Marie Child and Gov. Wise and Mrs. Mason, of Virginia” in September 28, 2026, at the downtown branch of the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library System. In the weeks following John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry, newspapers published a clutch of letters between the […]
Have you ever tried to read a letter written by your great-great-someone or other and been stumped by the arching loops and dramatic flourishes of their handwriting? Historians, including literary historians like The W’s own Dr. Anne Crafton, encounter this problem in their research and have developed a whole art around the work of reading […]
Mississippi University for Women presents “The Soul of All America,” the fifth episode from the new Ken Burns documentary, The American Revolution, but this time, we’re dressing up for Halloween! Come in your most authentic Revolutionary garb; the best-dressed patriot will win a prize! The fifth episode covers the period from December 1777 through May […]
In this final book club of fall 2026, we will discuss Jacqueline Harpman’s newly translated speculative fiction novel, I Who Have Never Known Men. The book explores female friendship in a post-apocalyptic setting. 1884 Lessa Harvey’s Feminist Book Club began through her collaboration with Friendly City Books during the Nancy Yates Community Engagement Program.
Mississippi University for Women presents “The Soul of All America,” the sixth and final episode from the new Ken Burns documentary, The American Revolution, but this time, we’re dressing up for Halloween! Come in your most authentic Revolutionary garb; the best-dressed patriot will win a prize! The final episode covers the period from May 1780 […]