Announcements – The Women of Bethel

Nearing the Finish Line…

While I only posted occasionally at this research blog, it was a productive summer for the larger Women of Bethel project. In addition to ongoing research in the Bethel archives…

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RIP Dottie Haugen

Peace be to the memory of Dorothy "Dottie" Haugen, who died last week at the age of 87. After graduating from Wheaton College and teaching at Twin Cities high schools,…

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Wrapping Up Our Oral History Project

You may have noticed that not much has happened at this blog in recent weeks. While I expect that to change in April-May, as more time opens up in my…

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RIP Leta Frazier

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While I'm thrilled by what we've already been able to accomplish with this project, I do have a couple of regrets. One is that we were unable to arrange an…

The Women of Greenville

Last month I was delighted to get a note from Brian Hartley, a theologian who recently retired from Greenville University as its chief academic officer. He had heard about our…

Coming Soon… The 2025 Bethel Women’s History Month Devotional

I've written previously about how much I appreciated the Women's History Month devotionals published at Bethel from 2000 to 2002 — both as historical sources giving us unique glimpses inside…

RIP Darleen Brushaber

As many of you have probably heard, Darleen Brushaber passed away recently, just over three years after the death of her husband, George Brushaber. The Brushabers were married for almost…

New Year, New Website Content

Happy New Year to you all! I'm not quite sure when my sabbatical officially ends, but I'll be back in the classroom next Monday — teaching CWC for the only…

Two Events Coming Up in Early 2025

I'll plan to share one more item from the archives before the end of the week. But since we'll otherwise be winding things down for Christmas break, I thought I'd…