I have been fascinated by history for as long as I can remember, but Rinaldi was one of many authors who helped me to better understand what the best kind of historical study is. Her dissertation is titled, “Life Problems: Sex Education in the United States, 1890-1930.” Follow her Wheatley and Abigail Adams and Peggy Shippen and Harriet Hemings: all early American women whom I learned about from Ann Rinaldi’s young adult fiction. candidate in history at the College of William & Mary, and managing editor of the Nursing Clio blog. Tweet us at #FoundingFiction or comment with your recommendations for Very Early Americanists. Between posts, we’ll compile a shelf of favorites to (re)read. Welcome to Founding Fiction, The Junto’s first roundtable exploring how children’s literature and young adult fiction depicts early American history.
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