On the new History Author Talks virtual program, join guest host Paula Whitacre on Monday, June 22 at 6:00 p.m. EST in a conversation with Robert C. Plumb and Stephanie McCurry as they discuss women’s contributions during the Civil War. Register to join here.

Paula Whitacre is the author of A Civil Life in an Uncivil Time: Julia Wilbur’s Struggle for Purpose (Potomac Books, 2017) and a professional writer and editor for organizations including the National Institutes of Health and the National Academy of Sciences.

Robert C. Plumb is the author of The Better Angels: Five Women Who Changed Civil War America (Potomac Books, 2020) and a writer, marketing consultant, and former marketing executive for two Fortune 500 companies.

Stephanie McCurry is the author of Woman’s War: Fighting and Surviving the American Civil War (Belknap Press, 2019) and is an American historian and a Professor of History at Columbia University.