Author / Historian
My Story
In what can only be described as some sort of constant refashioning, I am on what may be described as my fifth go around. A former businessperson, full-time mother, grad student, professor of history, I have now settled into describing myself as an author/historian. I am deeply fascinated by personal stories, and find pondering over and choosing the best words to tell them at once frustrating and deeply satisfying. Completing a dissertation and two books have been some of the most fulfilling accomplishments of my life.
As for history, I've loved that since I can remember. It took me a while to come around to going to grad school for it, but what an amazing ride that was. I am a twentieth-century cultural historian, and, while I am not teaching at present, continue to exercise that part of my brain through writing; both my book projects have interwoven my interest in people's stories with my love of history.
On the personal side, I am a proud mother of two amazing adult children. Thanks to marrying a man much older than me the second time around, I became a grandmother to his sons’ children at the age of 39, and am now proudly "Mimi" to seven, and counting. In a pre-Covid world, I traveled a lot. At present, when I am not researching, writing, or dealing with the mundanity of life, I can be found immersed in a good book, laboring over a jigsaw puzzle, walking my cockapoo Lucy, or curled up with a cup of tea watching a period piece on some streaming service.
My Books
More Than Words Can Ever Tell
In our world of fleeting texts and tweets, More Than Words Can Ever Tell illustrates the power of heartfelt, handwritten letters to sustain a marriage through some of life’s most difficult challenges. Intricately weaving family memoir and modern American history, Lansbury offers a profound testament to the strength of the written word to hold families together in a world that seems to be pulling apart. An inspiring and timely read.
- Suzanne E. Smith
Author of Dancing in the Street and To Serve the Living
A Spectacular Leap
Black Women Athletes in Twentieth-Century America
“A Spectacular Leap is an insightful, well-researched, and thought-provoking analysis of African American female athletes in the last century and is more than a historical account, as it considers gender, politics, economics, nationalism, activism, and race.”
The Journal of African American History
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