Sarah Gold McBride

Sarah Gold McBride

About Sarah

@sgoldmcbride

Dr. Sarah Gold McBride is a Lecturer in the American Studies Program at UC Berkeley, where she also received her B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in History. As a historian and teacher, her work centers on the social and cultural history of the nineteenth-century United States, and on the way we teach (and the way students learn) about the past. She is a co-founder of The Teaching History Conference and the current Executive Director of the Western Association of Women Historians. Dr. Gold McBride is currently working on a book about the meaning of hair in nineteenth-century America. She tweets about teaching (and sometimes about hair!) at @sgoldmcbride.

The Show Must Go On: Sarah Gold McBride on the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition

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Primary Source: Map: World’s Columbian Exposition 1893 made by Rand McNally & Co.  KEY TERMS FOR THIS LECTURE  Follow along and take notes on the who, what, when, where, and historical significance for each major key term. Electrification White City City Beautiful Movement Turner Thesis The Midway Dahomey Village Samoan Village Exotification Ferris Wheel H.H.… MORE

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The Show Must Go On: Sarah Gold McBride on “School Begins” by Puck (1899)

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Sarah Gold McBride:”School Begins” by Puck (1899)   Guided Discussion Questions  The Spanish–American War occurred in 1898, and its concluding treaty was signed just one month before Puck published this cartoon; one major component of that treaty was that Spain gave the U.S. control over the Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico, and Cuba. How does this historical context… MORE

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“Power is on the side of the beard”

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One of the most important arguments of women’s history is that womanhood is historical. Ideas about who is a woman, what kinds of things are considered “feminine,” and the ways in which women are supposed to act, look, and think — these aren’t biological truths and they aren’t static over time. Beliefs and practices are… MORE

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