Jean H. Baker

Jean H. Baker is the author of Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography (W. W. Norton 2008) and a professor of history at Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland. Her two latest books include Sisters: The Lives of America's Suffragists and Margaret Sanger: A Life of Passion.

Articles by Jean Baker

Placards at the White House, Winter 2010 | Vol. 59, No. 4

In 1917, fed up with the inaction of conservative suffragists, Alice Paul decided on the unorthodox strategy of pressuring the president directly Read >>

Women’s History, November/December 2004 | Vol. 55, No. 6

Women’s history today is no longer a backwater, nor is the profession of history a male craft. Read >>

Feminist, October 2002 | Vol. 53, No. 5

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