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This issue honors Linda E. Mitchell, Emerita Martha Jane Phillips Starr / Missouri Distinguished Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and Professor of History at the University of Missouri–Kansas City, a former President of the Society of Medieval Feminist Scholarship. Linda’s multiple publications on the social history of English noblewomen and widows demonstrates her excellent training as a scholar in the midst of American second-wave feminism. Her feminist activism within the field of medieval studies is manifest in her scholarship, teaching, service, and mentorship.
Keywords
medieval noblewomen, widowhood, women’s studies, feminist mentoring, feminist service, feminist editing
Recommended Citation
Blanton, Virginia "The Fortitude of Medieval Women." Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality 60, No. 1 (2025)