Cyndy Bittinger
CommentatorCyndy Bittinger is a writer and historian, who teaches at the Community College of Vermont. Her latest book is, "Vermont Women, Native Americans and African Americans: Out of the Shadows of History."
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Making useful items from fiber is an ancient skill employed by both men and women throughout history.In early America, hand-weaving was a male occupation… -
I wrapped up the fall semester at the Community College of Vermont by asking my students to react to “Imagining Vermont,” a report from the Vermont…
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I’m a volunteer for Everybody Wins, a reading program for elementary school children. And recently, I was reading with a nine year old third grader in the…
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Norwich Vt. is known for its architecture, especially Federal and Greek Revival - but Mid-Century Modern, not so much. That’s about to change. A group of…
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In the 60s and 70s, many young women came to Vermont in search of an alternative way of life. They came here partly as a way to rebel against the Vietnam… -
By now the “I voted” stickers have fallen off the grave of Susan B. Anthony in Rochester, New York. Yes, on election day, November 8th, many voted for a…
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In 1972, as President Richard Nixon, a Republican, was preparing to run for his second term, the Democrats were in disarray. Scandal plagued Senator Ted… -
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg wrote in the introduction to a recent book that she admires a female presidential candidate from the 1880s for… -
The first women who sought the American presidency in the 19th century did so in order to turn a spotlight on the fact that women had neither the right to… -
She valued his work when others did not. He wrote to please her, and he called her his equal in every way. He was the first American environmentalist,…
