Friendships between men and women are usually regarded with suspicion, but Cassandra Good, associate editor of the Papers of James Monroe at the University of Mary Washington, discovered instances of genuine friendships between men and women hidden away in an unexpected time in history. Good’s recently published book, “Founding Friendships: Friendships between Men and Women […]
Cassandra Good, Associate Editor of the Papers of James Monroe, published Founding Friendships: Friendships Between Men and Women in the Early American Republic with Oxford University Press. The book is a cultural history of male/female friendships in the period 1780-1830 using letters, diaries, novels, portraits and more to explore issues of gender and power. Good […]
Cassandra Good, Associate Editor of the Papers of James Monroe, will appear on a Travel Channel special titled, “Mysteries at the White House” on Friday, Nov. 7 at 9 p.m. She was interviewed for a segment about Andrew Jackson’s 1829 inaugural ball.
Cassandra Good, assistant editor of the Papers of James Monroe, presented a paper titled “Making Friends, Making Gender: Friendships Between Men and Women in the Atlantic World” at the Omohundro Institute for Early American History and Culture annual conference in Baltimore, Md., on June 15.
