Contributors to the Seventeenth Volume

Miranda Adams (The Encomienda: The Spark to the Pueblo Revolt) is an undergraduate history major at Texas Woman’s University.

Haylee Cardinal (The Creation of Arlington National Cemetery) is an undergraduate history major at Texas Woman’s University and a member of the Eta Nu Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta.

Damon Parker (Preaching in Print: The Use of Christian Rhetoric in Black-Owned Newspapers During Reconstruction) is a MA candidate in history at Texas Woman’s University. This paper is a recipient of the Valentine J. Belfiglio Prize.

Meghan Pearce (Nineteenth Century Collegiate Secret Societies and Their Roles Within the Female World of Love and Ritual) is an undergraduate history major at Texas Woman’s University and a member of the Eta Nu Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta. This paper is a recipient of the Valentine J Belfiglio Prize.

Madelon Proctor (Review of Citizens of a Stolen Land and A Book Review of A Failed Vision of Empire) is a MA candidate in history at Texas Woman’s University and a member of the Eta Nu Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta.

Tanya Souther (The Weeping Land and Its People) is an undergraduate history major at Texas Woman’s University.

Thandy Tolbert (Women’s Work in the Abolition Movement) is a MA candidate in sociology at Texas Woman’s University and a member of the Eta Nu Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta.

Dawn Welch (A Tale of Two Cities: The Desegregation and Resegregation of Public High schools in Mansfield and Dallas, Texas) is a MA candidate in history at Texas Woman’s University.