Robin Henry
Volunteer History CommentatorDr. Robin C. Henry holds a Ph.D. in U.S. history from Indiana University and is an associate professor in the history department at Wichita State University. Her research examines the intersections among sexuality, law, and regional identity in the 19th- and early 20th-century United States.
As host and producer of KMUW's podcast Hindsight: Looking Back At 100 Years Of Women's Suffrage, Dr. Henry was awarded honorable mention in the 2020 editorial/commentary category by the Kansas Association of Broadcasters.
She is the author of Criminalizing Sex, Defining Sexuality: Sexual Regulation and Masculinity in the American West, 1850-1927, as well as numerous articles. In addition to teaching courses on constitutional history and women and gender history at Wichita State University, Dr. Henry has introduced and continues to teach a graduate course on Gender and Sexuality in U.S. History. She served on the Committee on the Status of Women for the Organization of American History from 2009-2011.
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This commentary originally aired on April 4, 2017.During the American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln believed that dissenters remaining within loyal states…
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As the calendar changes from February to March, many of us are aware that we move from celebrating Black History Month to Women’s History Month. However,…
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When historians talk about the “trust-busting era” in US history, we are probably referring to the early 20th century when the federal government broke up…
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On Nov. 30, 1804, the U.S. Senate opened its only impeachment trial against a U.S. Supreme Court justice. The House of Representatives’ charges against…
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On October 16, 1916, Margaret Sanger opened her first birth control clinic in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. The clinic distributed…
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On September 12, 1958, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld that states are bound by the court’s decisions and must enforce them, even if the states disagree.…
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On July 24th 1959, U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev took the Cold War into the kitchen. Later referred to as the…
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Every June, I leave Wichita to score US AP History exams for seven days. In a digital age, this is a thoroughly analogue event. This year, more than…
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This commentary originally aired on March 8, 2016.On May 10, 1840, Elizabeth Cady married abolitionist Henry Stanton. For the presiding pastor, the…
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On April 17th 1905, the US Supreme Court held, in a 5-4 decision, that maximum hours laws violated the 14th Amendment and an individual’s right to…