The Fortitude of Medieval Women

This issue honors Linda E. Mitchell, Emerita Martha Jane Phillips Starr / Missouri Distinguished Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and Professor of History at the University of Missouri–Kansas City, a former President of the Society of Medieval Feminist Scholarship. Linda’s multiple publications on the social history of English noblewomen and widows demonstrates her excellent training as a scholar in the midst of American second-wave feminism. Her feminist activism within the field of medieval studies is manifest in her scholarship, teaching, service, and mentorship.