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First Name
Holly
Last Name
White
Country
United States
State
Affiliation
William & Mary
Website URL
https://www.wm.edu/as/history/faculty/white_h.php
Keywords
Childhood, Youth, Age, Family, Gender, Life Cycle, Early America, Early Republic, Legal History, Motherhood
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PhD
PhD

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About Me

In 2017, I received my PhD in American History from William & Mary. As a scholar, I focus on the histories of age, childhood, and youth in vast early America and the early United States.

I am the co-editor of Engaging Children in Vast Early America (Routledge 2024). My manuscript, Negotiating American Childhood: Age-Based Laws and the Illusion of Protection in the early United States is forthcoming with the University of Virginia Press in 2025.

Currently, I teach courses on childhood, gender, and Early America in the history department at William & Mary. I also serve as co-editor of the Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth.

 

Recent Publications

Engaging Children in Vast Early America (Routledge, 2024)

“America’s Age-Based Laws Are Archaic” BunkHistory.com (2024)

“Considering ‘Double Age’ in the History of American Childhood and Youth: An Introduction,” The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth 15 (3), 355-361 (Fall 2022)

“Judging the Bodies of Children: Racial Science and Double Age as Legal Strategy in the Early United States,” The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth 15 (3), 399-409 (Fall 2022)

“Seeing Age in Early American Sources; or Considering a Visual Culture of Age” The Society for the Study of Children and Youth.Org, February 20th, 2019.

Media Coverage
Country Focus
United States
Expertise by Geography
United States
Expertise by Chronology
Pre-17th century, 17th century, 18th century, 19th century, Early Modern
Expertise by Topic
American Civil War, American Revolution, American Founding Era, Children & Youth, Family, Gender, Law, Race, Rebellion & Revolution, Sexuality, Women