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Jill Norgren
Jill Norgren is a biographer, book reviewer, and longtime member (now emerita) of the political science faculty at the City University of New York. Most recently, she wrote Belva Lockwood: The Woman Who Would be President (New York University Press, 2007) about the first American woman to be admitted to the US Supreme Court bar as well as the first woman to run a full campaign for the presidency (1884).
In 2009 Norgren also published a biography of Lockwood intended for 9-12 year old readers (Belva Lockwood: Equal Rights Pioneer).
A commuting marriage between central Pennsylvania and New York City permits her to see two very different sides of the United States.
Articles
CultureWatch: Jill Norgren debuts as a SeniorWomenWeb book reviewer and begins with three engaging and beautifully written works of fiction that explore the intersection of emotion, relationship, and culture: The Gift of a Bride and The Indian Bride are murder mysteries, while Unaccustomed Earth, issued in paperback, is a set of short stories. The books are united by a shared concern for the demands, rewards, and complications of marriage and immigration, particularly on the part of individuals who once called India “home.”
CultureWatch: Weary of dinosaur and vampire books for children? The Amelia Bloomer Project selection of books is about girls and women "who have broken barriers and have fought to change their situations and their environment …real and fictional [characters who] follow their dreams and pursue their goals, challenging cultural and familial stereotypes.”
CultureWatch: Abigail & John: Portrait of a Marriage helps to regender early American history which remains overly focused on generals and male political leaders.
CultureWatch: Read My Pins. With domestic and global problems on all sides Madeline Albright's new book offers a wonderful interlude in which playfully to consider the human face of diplomacy. It complements Madam Secretary, her memoir,which similarly shows herself and politicians in all their humanity.
CultureWatch: A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America begins "Silas Deane was stranded in Paris, sick with anxiety, and nearly out of invisible ink"
CultureWatch: Daniyal Mueenuddin's In Other Rooms, Other Wonders is a sober, engaging, and thought-provoking volume exploring the decline of Pakistan’s feudal order
CultureWatch: In Center of the Universe, Nancy Bachrach offers a mordantly funny and deeply affecting recollection of her mom Lola, urban, middle-class, Jewish, and not infrequently mentally ill. Charlie Bundrum, the hero of Ava’s Man, Rick Bragg’s lyrical remembrance of his grandfather, has deep roots in a Depression-era Old South. These are perfect books to pick up in this season of celebrating mothers and fathers
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