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Carl E. Schorske

Carl E. Schorske was born in the Bronx, graduated from Columbia College, and earned a master’s degree from Harvard before serving in the Office of Strategic Services, a precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency, during World War II. He returned to Harvard for his PhD. He was a Dayton-Stockton Professor of History and served as director of European Cultural Studies at Princeton University. He was a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and his book, Fin-de-Siècle Vienna, won the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction. He died in 2015 at the age of 100.
Fin-De-Siecle Vienna

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Fin-De-Siecle Vienna

Books for Women’s History Month

In honor of Women’s History Month in March, we are sharing books by women who have shaped history and have fought for their communities. Our list includes books about women who fought for racial justice, abortion rights, equality in the workplace, and ranges in topics from women in politics and prominent women in history to

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