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Dear Teachers, Supporters, and Friends of the Gilder Lehrman Institute, I greet you at the end of a very successful 2019, looking forward to more in 2020. We have reached more than 24,000 Affiliate Schools in all fifty states and in...
50 States, 1 Nation Elementary School Essay Contest Launched
A New Writing Contest for Elementary School Students After eight exciting years of the Dear George Washington Essay Contest , which has yielded creative and thoughtful responses from elementary school students across the country, the...
Reporting on the Spanish Influenza, 1918
These newspaper articles illustrate the impact on American society of Spanish Influenza (H1N1), which first appeared in the United States in March 1918. [1] There were periodic, minor outbreaks for six months, but in September a...
Re-envision Women's History with Professors Carol Berkin and Catherine Clinton
Professors Carol Berkin and Catherine Clinton have revolutionized the field of American women’s history in their academic careers. Berkin struggled against a generation that believed incorrectly that there were no primary sources to...
Announcing the 2020 Lincoln Prize Finalists
Gettysburg College and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History have announced the finalists for the 2020 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize: Eric Foner, The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the...
Announcing the 2020 Lincoln Prize Finalists
Gettysburg College and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History have announced the finalists for the 2020 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize . Eric Foner, The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the...
Diary of World War I nurse Ella Osborn, 1918–1919
At the outbreak of World War I, Ella Jane Osborn was a surgical nurse at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. In January 1918, she volunteered to serve with the American Expeditionary Forces as a member of the Red Cross’s nursing...
Ohio History Teacher of the Year Interviewed about WWII Fallen Soldiers Project
Joseph Boyle, the 2019 Ohio Teacher of the Year, has, since 2014 led a powerful teaching unit with his students at Morrison R. Waite High School in Toledo. Using only primary source documents, Boyle’s students reconstruct the lives of...
2020 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Recipient Announced
Gettysburg College and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History announced today that Elizabeth R. Varon , author of Armies of Deliverance: A New History of the Civil War (Oxford University Press), is the recipient of the 2020...
Why Black men fought in World War I, 1919
During World War I, approximately 370,000 black men in the US military served in segregated regiments and were often relegated to support duties such as digging trenches, transporting supplies, cleaning latrines, and burying the dead....
The 21st Frederick Douglass Book Prize Ceremony
The 21st Frederick Douglass Book Prize was awarded on February 13, 2020, at the Schimmel Center of Pace University to Amy Murrell Taylor, professor of history at the University of Kentucky, for her book Embattled Freedom: Journeys...
Why They Marched: Rank and File Perspectives on the Women’s Suffrage Movement
In 1914, a Massachusetts woman named Claiborne Catlin decided to ride across the state on horseback to rally support for women’s suffrage. All of her personal belongings, including a khaki jacket and divided skirt donated by Filene’s...
An Arduous Path: The Passage and Ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment
As we mark the centennial of women’s constitutional right to vote, we should remember that the Nineteenth Amendment, like the suffrage movement itself, was forced to navigate an arduous path. Even at the endgame, even at the dawn of...
Selling World War I: "Buy Liberty Bonds!" 1917-1919
When the United States declared war on Germany in April 1917, it needed funds to support the war effort. The Civil War had demonstrated that simply printing more currency would lead to inflation and economic trouble. During World War...
The League of Women Voters: A Century of Voter Engagement
The League of Women Voters (LWV) was founded in 1920 by American suffragists, just months before the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment gave women the constitutional right to vote after more than seventy years of struggle. Over...
Rules for discharging disabled veterans, 1919
When World War I ended in 1918 more than 4.6 million men returned to the United States from war. The American people and the US government were unprepared to reintegrate and care for the men who returned with physical injuries and...
Emma Goldman on the restriction of civil liberties, 1919
Emma Goldman was born to a Jewish family in Kovno, Russia (present-day Lithuania). In 1885, at the age of sixteen, she emigrated to the United States, becoming a well-known author and lecturer promoting anarchism, workers’ rights,...
The First Generation: America’s Women Voters, 1776–1807
Most histories of women gaining the right to vote in the United States begin in July of 1848, when hundreds of activists gathered in Seneca Falls to hold the first women’s rights convention and sign the Declaration of Sentiments. The...
With All Due Respect: Understanding Anti-Suffrage Women
Although it may be hard to believe today, not everyone wanted women to have the right to vote. In fact, during the early nineteenth century, very few people thought women capable of political engagement of any kind. As the century...
Richard Gilder History Prize
The Gilder Lehrman Institute is pleased to sponsor the Richard Gilder History Prize. This prize serves as an opportunity for Affiliate School teachers to honor a promising and passionate history student in their school. The Richard...
Editor’s Log
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. On August 26, 1920, American women were at last given that most fundamental of rights in a democratic society: the right to vote. But “given” is...
African American Women and the Nineteenth Amendment
Sharon Harley is Associate Professor and former Chair of the African American Studies Department at the University of Maryland, College Park. She and historian Rosalyn Terborg-Penn co-edited the pioneer anthology The Afro-American...
Kathrine Mott Named Chief Operating Officer of the Gilder Lehrman Institute
The Gilder Lehrman Institute is delighted to announce that Kathrine Mott will be joining us as our new chief operating officer, starting Monday, March 9. Gilder Lehrman president Jim Basker said, “We are thrilled to have Kathrine join...
2020 Spring Newsletter
Dear Teachers, Supporters, and Friends, I hope this finds you and your loved ones doing well, staying safe and healthy. This newsletter had been prepared and was ready to go out when the COVID-19 crisis struck and we had to close our...
Teaching the Revolution
For most Americans, young and old, the history of the American Revolution can be summed up something like this: In 1776, all the colonists rose up in unison to rebel against a tyrannical king and the horrible burden of unfair taxes...
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New, Free Family Website Subscription Provides Resources and Guidance for Remote Learning
In these months of remote learning, parents and family members, who are taking on the role of teacher while classroom teachers strive to construct meaningful remote lessons, need resources, advice, and guidance for their kids. We at...
Study Black Women's History in Online MA Summer Course with Professor Kellie Carter Jackson of Wellesley College
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Pace University are pleased to announce that registration for Summer 2020 courses is open for the online Master of Arts in American History Program. We highlight here one of the six...
Study the American Revolution in Online Summer MA Course with Professor Denver Brunsman of George Washington University
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Pace University are pleased to announce that registration for Summer 2020 courses is open for the online Master of Arts in American History Program. We highlight here one of the six...
Using Gilder Lehrman Lesson Plans for Younger Learners and Their Siblings: Colonial and Revolutionary America
Finding educational history activities to do with children in elementary school is particularly challenging in this time of remote learning. Many schools are unable to provide a history curriculum, particularly for younger grades, as...
EduHam At Home: A Digital Version of the Hamilton Education Program Now Available to Students and Their Families Nationwide
HAMILTON and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Bring Hands-On Learning to History NEW YORK, NY (April 21, 2020) -- The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History (GLI) and HAMILTON today announced the launch of EduHam...
Study The Kennedy Era with Barbara Perry, Gerald L. Baliles Professor and Director of Presidential Studies, University of Virginia
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Pace University are pleased to announce that registration for Summer 2020 courses is open for the online Master of Arts in American History Program. We highlight here one of the six...
Register for EduHam at Home
The Gilder Lehrman Institute has now added EduHam at Home to its Hamilton Education Program offerings in response to the COVID-19 outbreak that forced school closures throughout the country. EduHam at Home provides a family version of...
Conan O'Brien and Media across the Country Celebrate EduHam at Home
The country has its eyes on EduHam at Home thanks to articles and other features on the program and Lin-Manuel Miranda. The April 21 Washington Post feature was picked up by publications such as The Telegraph and The Boston Globe ....
Past History School Classes
Since April 2020, the Gilder Lehrman History School has served more than 5,600 students through thirty-two classes covering many eras and themes in American history. Classes held in Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 are available to watch on...
Meet the Gilder Lehrman Pop-Up History School Teachers
In these challenging times, we know that everyone is trying their best to keep students engaged in learning. As the leading nonprofit organization dedicated to K–12 history education, the Gilder Lehrman Institute feels a...
Gilder Lehrman Book Breaks: Live Discussions with Eminent Historians on Sunday Afternoons
Gilder Lehrman Book Breaks is a new program that features the most exciting history scholars in America discussing their books with host William Roka live, followed by a Q&A with home audiences. Programs will take place on Sunday...
Submit your National History Teacher of the Year nomination materials
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Announcing Gilder Lehrman Book Breaks: Live Discussions with Eminent Historians on Sunday Afternoons
NEW YORK, NY (May 8, 2020) -- The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History today announced the start of Gilder Lehrman Book Breaks , an online Sunday afternoon program that features the most exciting historians in America...
“Eduham en Casa” Versión en Español del Programa Educacional de Hamilton, Ahora Disponible para Estudiantes y Sus Familias
Musical HAMILTON y The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History traen este nuevo recurso de aprendizaje aplicado, para conocer de historia NUEVA YORK, NY (11 de mayo, 2020) -- The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History y el...
We Remember Richard Gilder
James Basker Remembers Richard Gilder The trustees and staff of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, and the larger community of teachers and students they serve, are profoundly saddened by the death of Richard Gilder. Co...
Cadet Ulysses S. Grant at West Point, 1839
In 1839, seventeen-year-old Hiram Ulysses Grant received an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point. It changed the course of his life—and his name. Grant always disliked his first name and was commonly known...
10 Reasons to Submit after Being Nominated for National History Teacher of the Year (from State and National Winners)
Nominations have been made for the 2022 National History Teacher of the Year Award . For all those nominated, we encourage you to submit your materials by June 15. Take it from these past State and National winners: It is worth it....
Alysha Butler
Alysha Butler is a social studies teacher at McKinley Technology High School in the District of Columbia. She has a unique gift for combining history, civics, and civics activism in her teaching. Butler has served as a department...
Michael McCormick
Michael McCormick has spent over 25 years in the finance industry as a partner and portfolio manager at Gilder, Gagnon, Howe & Co, LLC. He has successfully built an investment strategy and organization focused on finding unique,...
Luz Towns-Miranda
Luz Towns-Miranda has worked her entire professional life as a psychologist with the underserved, largely in the Bronx and Washington Heights in New York City. She received her doctorate in clinical psychology from NYU and was...
American Indians' service in World War I, 1920
More than 11,000 American Indians served with the American forces during World War I. Nearly 5,000 Native men enlisted and approximately 6,500 were drafted—despite the fact that almost half of American Indians were not citizens and...
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