Don't miss our bumper special issue of #JECS this month on all things Mary Hamilton!
Edited by Sophie Coulombeau, David Denison, and Nuria Yanez-Bouza and available here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17540208...
#skystorians #maryhamilton #hamiltonpapers #18thC #womenswriting 🗃️

Second Plenary Session at the Fifth Early-Career Scholars' Conference: Nuria Yáñez Bouza “From Image to Text to Research: Digital Humanities and the Georgian Period” #Archive #MaryHamilton #ImageToText

Until a SCOTUS ruling on #ThisDayInHistory in 1964, which cleared #MaryHamilton of a contempt conviction for insisting on being called Miss Hamilton, it was customary in many US law courts to refer to Black witnesses by their given name, with courtesy titles used only for whites.