Historian of women in the Cold War military and high school history teacher in St. Louis
Tanya Roth
Tanya Roth co-founded Smart Women Write in August 2016. She completed her PhD in American history at Washington University in St. Louis in 2011, with a research specialty in women in the Cold War military, and teaches history at an independent K-12 school in the St. Louis area.
Her posts move between the classroom and the writing desk: teaching apartheid, slavery and difficult subjects to high school students, redesigning a history department’s courses, and the long work of turning research into a book she called Flirting with Equality: American Women in the Cold War Military.
52 posts, 2016–2020
Every post by Tanya
- Feb 10, 2020Mindful MomentsTeaching
- Jan 14, 2020Unexpected JourneyTeaching
- Nov 25, 2019Gratitude and Giving BackLife & Self-Care
- Oct 30, 2019Resolved: Let’s MoveLife & Self-Care
- Sep 30, 2019To Do it Better: Teaching the History of SlaveryTeaching
- Sep 2, 2019(Re)Designing WomenTeaching
- Aug 12, 2019Designing Women, Part IITeaching
- Jul 8, 2019Designing Women (Part 1)Teaching
- Jun 3, 2019The School Year EndsTeaching
- May 6, 2019Going HomePhD & Post-Ac
- Apr 8, 2019On Late Work and PenaltiesTeaching
- Mar 11, 2019Reminder: BreatheLife & Self-Care
- Feb 18, 2019LegaciesTeaching
- Jan 21, 2019Persisting (slowly)Life & Self-Care
- Dec 10, 2018A SmartWomen’s Year in Review: Writing Fail (Part III)The Writer's Life
- Nov 12, 2018The History Teacher AbroadTeaching
- Oct 15, 2018The Newness of Old ThingsTeaching
- Sep 17, 2018Tangled WebsTeaching
- Aug 20, 2018Untitled: Finding a Teaching StyleTeaching
- Jul 23, 2018The Smart Women’s Writing Desk, Part 2The Writer's Life
- Jun 25, 2018The Smart Women’s Summer, Part 2Life & Self-Care
- May 29, 2018Good CompanyBooks, Film & Reading
- Apr 23, 2018Teacher As Student: ResourcesTeaching
- Mar 26, 2018The Spaces In BetweenLife & Self-Care
- Mar 12, 2018On trying not to lose sight of pursuits well-lovedThe Writer's Life
- Feb 26, 2018The Long Twinge of Grief of the Left-BehindPhD & Post-Ac
- Feb 12, 2018Learning St. LouisArt & Public History
- Jan 15, 2018The End of Time, and RegenerationTeaching
- Dec 11, 2017Teaching ApartheidTeaching
- Nov 14, 2017Creative ControlTeaching
- Oct 23, 2017Autumnal ReveriesTeaching
- Sep 25, 2017St. Louis Protests 2017: Resource Round-UpThe Writer's Life
- Sep 4, 2017Flirting with Equality, Flirting with RejectionsThe Writer's Life
- Jul 24, 2017Glimpsing the Rainbow NationTeaching
- Jul 3, 2017Summer Living, Teacher-StyleTeaching
- Jun 12, 2017Waiting for Wonder WomanBooks, Film & Reading
- May 22, 2017The Research ConnectionTeaching
- May 1, 2017To Chapters, New and OldThe Writer's Life
- Apr 10, 2017Meeting yourself where you areThe Writer's Life
- Mar 20, 2017The History of Us AllTeaching
- Feb 27, 2017Facing the FakeTeaching
- Feb 6, 2017Endings|BeginningsTeaching
- Jan 23, 2017A Woman’s Place is in the ResistanceThe Writer's Life
- Jan 16, 2017Handle with CareTeaching
- Dec 5, 2016Burnt-out ends of smoky daysThe Writer's Life
- Nov 14, 2016“Children will listen”Teaching
- Oct 24, 2016Let it GoLife & Self-Care
- Oct 3, 2016Teaching as Creative ProcessTeaching
- Sep 12, 2016No Spells for ThisTeaching
- Aug 22, 2016To Learn the Trick*The Writer's Life
- Aug 16, 2016The TeacherThe Writer's Life
- Aug 15, 2016Welcome!The Writer's Life