April 13, 2023
Laura Edwards (faculty fellow; history) receives the Merle Curti Social History Award for the best book in American social history at the 2023 OAH Conference on American History. Professor Edward's book "Only the Clothes on Her Back: Clothing & the Hidden History of Power in the 19th-Century United States" (Oxford University Press) was included in The National Book Review "5 Hot Books" roundup.