Tag: Center for American Political Studies
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Nation & World
The rule-breaking Sisters Grimke
“Exiled by the sound of the lash” from the slaveholding state of South Carolina, the Grimké sisters came North before the Civil War with rule-breaking ideas on slavery’s wrongs and women’s rights. They represented an antebellum moment in which “women became political.”
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Nation & World
Digitizing a movement
A team of Harvard scholars is cataloging, and transcribing, and digitizing thousands of 18th- and 19th-century anti-slavery petitions held in the Massachusetts State Archives.
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Nation & World
A freedom fighter looks back
Andrew Young — minister, activist, politician, and diplomat — reflected during a Harvard appearance on the battles of the American civil rights era, and on the economic problems that remain.
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Nation & World
Help on the home front
Harvard programs assist employees trying to juggle careers and families, bridging coverage gaps.
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Nation & World
Peering into gearworks of FDA
Daniel Carpenter’s new book, “Reputation and Power: Organizational Image and Pharmaceutical Regulation at the FDA,” probes the workings of a crucial federal safety agency that often is either lionized or demonized.
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Nation & World
Boston Public School teachers go back to class
What do ancient Rome and the reign of Queen Elizabeth I have to do with the development of the United States government? A lot, according to Harvard government professor Daniel Carpenter.