📖 Overview
Stacy A. Cordery is a historian and biographer who specializes in American women's history and politics. She serves as a professor at Monmouth College in Illinois, where she teaches courses on American history and women's studies.
Cordery is best known for her biography "Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker," which examines the life of Theodore Roosevelt's daughter. The book traces Alice Roosevelt Longworth's evolution from a rebellious First Daughter to an influential political figure in 20th-century Washington.
Her work focuses on the intersection of gender, politics, and power in American society. Cordery's research draws on extensive archival materials and previously untapped sources to illuminate the lives of women who shaped American political culture.
She has contributed to academic journals and serves on editorial boards related to women's history. Cordery's scholarship addresses how women navigated and influenced political spheres during periods when formal political participation was limited for women.