New Books in American Studies
Hosted by Miranda Melcher · New Books Network
4.4from 41 ratings
- 6,360
- Episodes
- 322
- Transcribed
- 41
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2015
- First episode
- 243
- YouTube views
About New Books in American Studies
This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: newbooksnetwork.com Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetwork Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies
- Publisher
- New Books Network
- Category
- history · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 22 Sept 2015
- Latest episode
- 22 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
322 of 6,360 episodes have a transcript.
22 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Justice Was Her Calling: The Fierce and Fascinating Life of Dorothy Kenyon with Jennifer L. Brinkley (U California Press, 2026)
22 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Declarations of Independence: Indigenous Resilience, Colonial Rivalries, and the Cost of Revolution with Christopher R. Pearl (U Virginia Press, 2024)
20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Parties on the Ground: A Study of Nominations for the House of Representatives with Kathleen Bawn and Knox Brown (U Chicago Press, 2026)
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Justice Was Her Calling: The Fierce and Fascinating Life of Dorothy Kenyon with Jennifer L. Brinkley (U California Press, 2026)
Published 22 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But in the next year, she was appointed by the League of Nations to sit on a committee that studied the legal status of women in other countries. She was the only woman on the committee, to her disappointment. But that work was eventually derailed by World War II. So she's hoping, continuing, that public service appointments are going to come her way. And in March 1939, the mayor reached out to her again. There was a seat open on the municipal court, and so he appointed her to it. So she became a judge, one of the first female judges to serve on the bench in New York City courts. She lost later that fall when she had to run for election election. […]
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- Jennifer L Brinkley
- Christopher R Pearl
- Chris Pearl
- Talitha L LeFlouria
- Frances Kolb Turnbell
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- YouTube views
- 243
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.3 / 5
- 33 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 8 ratings
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- 98
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- 0
- YouTube
- 72
- Engagement
- 93
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