This month for my post I planned to interview a curator at the Smithsonian. We got it all approved and I was going to send her questions the following day. But the partial government shutdown began that night and she’s been out of the office since. I had a minor panic because my women’s history…

Greetings TUSH.O bloggers and readers! I’m using this post to introduce myself to the community and give you an idea of what I’ll be posting in the future. I am finishing my PhD in history at Rice University this year, entitled “Fashioning Slavery: Slaves and Clothing in the United States South, 1830–1865.” I also currently…