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 this Contributor

Placards at the White House | Winter 2010

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

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

Feminist | October 2002

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