Announcements… Wrapping Up Our Oral History Project 28 Mar 2025 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…
Faculty and Staff… The Role of Men in Women’s History 20 Nov 20249 Dec 2024 Just before Christmas 1986 a columnist in Bethel's student newspaper sought to introduce readers to feminism by talking to some feminists on the Bethel faculty. English professor Jeannine Bohlmeyer told…
Background… Should a Man Be Writing a Women’s History of Bethel? 31 Oct 2024 As soon as I announced my sabbatical project last spring, an otherwise supportive friend asked a question I haven't been able to shake: "You will be interpreting as a male.…
Background… Why Blog First? 3 Sep 2024 So why use this site as a blog, when it will eventually turn into a more polished digital project? Why should a historian write in such an informal fashion, sometimes…
Methodology The Problem of Periodization 27 Aug 20249 Dec 2024 When do you start the story of the women of Bethel University? Most Bethel stories trace their way back to 1871, the year that sailor-pastor-scholar John Alexis Edgren founded a…
The Women of Bethel 