About Dedra McDonald Birzer

Dedra McDonald Birzer is Director and Editor-in-Chief of the South Dakota Historical Society Press. She formerly served as lecturer in History and Rhetoric at Hillsdale College. She earned her Ph.D. in history from the University of New Mexico.

Summer Lovin’, Mount Rushmore Style

By |2021-07-13T16:11:57-05:00June 18th, 2021|Categories: Books, History|

Richard Cerasani’s book, "Love Letters from Mount Rushmore," provides an antidote to cancel culture in its depiction of the monumental sculpture not as an intrusion defacing nature, but a means of restoring the souls of spiritless and restless Americans. Love Letters from Mount Rushmore: The Story of a Marriage, a Monument, and a Moment in [...]

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The Economics of Marriage in Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women”

By |2020-06-09T09:57:01-05:00June 9th, 2020|Categories: Culture, Fiction, Film, Literature, Marriage|

Director Greta Gerwig’s film “Little Women” ends as Louisa May Alcott’s novel does, with a family-centered fall festival at Plumfield. Perhaps unintentionally, Ms. Gerwig captures the spirit of Alcott’s beautiful ending to her novel. Not only has she married off the heroine, but she has shown marriage to be far more than an economic arrangement. [...]

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