Participant Info
- First Name
- April
- Last Name
- White
- Country
- United States
- State
- DC District of Columbia
- apr.white@gmail.com
- Affiliation
- Writer and historian
- Website URL
- www.aprwhite.com, www.thedivorcecolony.com
- Keywords
- divorce, marriage, exploration, OSS, women's history, food history
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- other credentials
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
April White is the author of The Divorce Colony (Hachette Books), the amazing true story of the 19th-century socialites who revolutionized marriage. “A spellbinding into a forgotten history,” says Library Journal. ” Booklist calls it “a valuable and intriguing contribution to American social history.”
April previously worked as a senior writer and editor at Atlas Obscura, and as an editor at Smithsonian Magazine, where she oversaw the publication’s history-focused coverage. She holds a master’s degree in history and has told surprising tales from the archives for publications including the Washington Post, The Atavist Magazine, and JSTOR Daily.
- Recent Publications
Escape from the Gilded Cage. Smithsonian Magazine (Book excerpt)
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/escape-from-the-gilded-cage-180980029/Leave the Capitol damaged. It would remind us how fragile our democracy is, Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/02/10/capital-damage-memorial/Spelling bee champ Zaila Avant-garde was inspired by a Black girl named MacNolia Cox, Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/s/history/2021/07/10/macnolia-cox-zaila-avant-garde-spelling-bee/How the Influenza Pandemic Popularized Lemons, Gastro Obscura
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/foods-that-protect-against-virusesA Brief History of Comfort Food, JSTOR Daily
https://daily.jstor.org/a-brief-history-of-comfort-food/Inside a Nineteenth-Century Quest to End Addiction, JSTOR Daily
https://daily.jstor.org/inside-a-nineteenth-century-quest-to-end-addiction/A Summit Higher than Everest
https://www.alumni.hbs.edu/stories/Pages/story-impact.aspx?num=6009More stories available at aprwhite.com
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- @aprwhite
- Country Focus
- USA
- Expertise by Geography
- United States
- Expertise by Chronology
- 19th century, 20th century
- Expertise by Topic
- Food History, Government, Politics, Women, World War II
