Carol Berkin, author portrait
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Carol Berkin

Carol Berkin received her A.B. from Barnard College and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University. She taught at Baruch College from 1972 to 2008 and has taught at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York since 1983. She is currently Baruch Presidential Professor of History. Berkin is the author ofRevolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America’s IndependenceA Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American ConstitutionJonathan Sewall: Odyssey of an American LoyalistFirst Generations: Women in Colonial America, and numerous articles and reviews. She lives in New York City and Guilford, Connecticut.
Wondrous Beauty
Civil War Wives
Revolutionary Mothers

Books

Wondrous Beauty
Civil War Wives
Revolutionary Mothers

Books for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Each May, we honor the stories, histories, and cultures of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Below is a selection of acclaimed fiction and nonfiction books by AANHPI creators to share with your students this month and throughout the year. Find our full collection of titles for Higher Education here.

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