Heather Cox Richardson
American historian and professor
Heather Cox Richardson is an American historian who teaches at Boston College. She writes the newsletter Letters from an American, which sets current events in historical context.
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American Born 1962 in Chicago, United States
About Heather Cox Richardson
Heather Cox Richardson was born in 1962 and is a professor of history at Boston College. Her teaching covers Reconstruction, the Civil War, the American West and the history of the Plains Indians. She has also taught history at MIT and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She has written seven books on history and politics, including How the South Won the Civil War and Democracy Awakening. In 2019 she began Letters from an American, a nightly newsletter that places current events within the wider sweep of American history. Her writing centers on how well American democracy is doing.