Thaggert receives OAH Honorable Mention

Miriam Thaggert’s recent book, Riding Jane Crow: African American Women on the American Railroad received an honorable mention for the Mary Nickliss Prize in U.S. Women's and/or Gender History. Thaggert is an associate professor in the Department of English.

Sponsored by the Organization of American Historians (OAH), the Nickliss Prize recognizes a book "that is a path breaking work or challenges and/or changes widely accepted scholarly interpretations in the field" and "makes a significant contribution to the understanding of U.S. Women's and/or Gender History."