Heather Cox Richardson is an American historian and professor at Boston College, specializing in the American Civil War, Reconstruction, and the American West. She is the author of seven books on history and politics. Richardson gained prominence through her nightly newsletter, "Letters from an American," launched in 2019, which provides historical context to current events. The newsletter focuses on the health of American democracy and has amassed over one million subscribers, making it a Substack success.
Heather Cox Richardson describes between 1865 and 1900, Americans re-imagined the role of the federal government, calling upon it to promote the well-being of its citizens.
On October 8, 1962, Heather Cox Richardson was born. She is an American historian and professor at Boston College.
In 1997, Heather Cox Richardson published her first book, 'The Greatest Nation of the Earth,' which stemmed from her dissertation at Harvard University.
In 2001, Heather Cox Richardson published 'The Death of Reconstruction,' focusing on the "Northern abandonment of Reconstruction."
In 2007, Heather Cox Richardson published 'West from Appomattox: The Reconstruction of America after the Civil War,' presenting Reconstruction as a national event.
In 2010, Heather Cox Richardson published 'Wounded Knee: Party Politics and the Road to an American Massacre,' arguing that party politics and opportunism led to the Wounded Knee Massacre.
In 2014, Heather Cox Richardson co-founded a history website, werehistory.org, and served as a co-editor.
In 2014, Heather Cox Richardson published 'To Make Men Free: A History of the Republican Party', extending her study of the Republican Party into the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Between 2017 and 2018, Heather Cox Richardson co-hosted the NPR podcast, 'Freak Out and Carry On'.
Between 2017 and 2018, Heather Cox Richardson co-hosted the NPR podcast, 'Freak Out and Carry On'.
In September 2019, Heather Cox Richardson began writing a daily synopsis of political events, eventually leading to her newsletter, 'Letters from an American.'
In 2019, Heather Cox Richardson began writing the 'Letters from an American' online newsletter.
As of December 2020, Heather Cox Richardson became the most successful individual author of a paid publication on Substack.
In 2020, Heather Cox Richardson published 'How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America,' arguing that America was founded with contradictory ideals.
On January 6, 2021, Heather Cox Richardson pointed out the irony of a rioter carrying the Confederate flag during the Capitol storming, given the Republican Party's origins against the Confederacy.
In 2021, Heather Cox Richardson appeared on the Forbes 50 over 50 list and received the Frances Perkins Center Intelligence and Courage Award.
In 2021, Heather Cox Richardson's newsletter received the "Best of Boston" award for "Best Pandemic Newsletter" from Boston magazine.
In February 2022, Heather Cox Richardson interviewed U.S. President Joe Biden.
In 2022, USA Today recognized Heather Cox Richardson as one of the Women of the Year.
In 2023, Heather Cox Richardson published her seventh book, 'Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America', which grew out of her 'Letters from an American' newsletter.
In 2023, The Guardian described Heather Cox Richardson as the single most important progressive pundit since Edward P. Morgan from the 1960s.
By January 2024, Heather Cox Richardson's newsletter had approximately 1.3 million readers per issue.
In November 2024, Heather Cox Richardson was awarded the Kidger Award by the New England History Teachers Association at the NCSS Conference in Boston, Massachusetts.
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