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| "Women and the American Civil War: An Overview of Manuscript Sources at the Library of Congress" |
Janice Ruth
Janice Ruth is a manuscript specialist in American women’s history at the Library of Congress Manuscript Division. She is involved
in acquisitions, donor relations, reference, research and writing, digital initiatives, exhibitions, and public programming. She is
currently serving as the acting assistant chief of the Manuscript Division.
Janice holds undergraduate degrees in historic preservation and American Studies from Goucher College and an M.L.S. and an M.A.
in American history from the University of Maryland. She writes and speaks frequently on women’s history and archival topics and is
one of the authors of American Women: A Library of Congress Guide for the Study of Women’s History and Culture in the United States
(2001) and Women Who Dare: Women of the Suffrage Movement (2006).
Janice Ruth is a manuscript specialist in American women’s history at the Library of Congress Manuscript Division. She is involved
in acquisitions, donor relations, reference, research and writing, digital initiatives, exhibitions, and public programming. She is
currently serving as the acting assistant chief of the Manuscript Division.
Janice holds undergraduate degrees in historic preservation and American Studies from Goucher College and an M.L.S. and an M.A.
in American history from the University of Maryland. She writes and speaks frequently on women’s history and archival topics and is
one of the authors of American Women: A Library of Congress Guide for the Study of Women’s History and Culture in the United States
(2001) and Women Who Dare: Women of the Suffrage Movement (2006).