Tisa M. Anders
Founder/CEO of Writing the World, LLC
Specializes in agricultural history and 19th-century US reform movements
Ph.D. in Religion and Social Change with history as her foundational discipline at the University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology Joint Doctoral Program
Tisa M. Anders is an independent scholar and Founder/CEO of Writing the World, LLC in Denver, Colorado. She received her Ph.D. in Religion and Social Change with history as her foundational discipline at the University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology Joint Doctoral Program. Anders specializes in agricultural history and 19th-century US reform movements. She has authored numerous book reviews and encyclopedia entries on history and international relations along with chapters for anthologies on Mexico-US Migration with a focus on the Betabeleros (Mexican and Mexican-American beet field workers) and their contributions to the sugar industry in western Nebraska. She contributed significantly to Votaw Colony Museum, Inc.’s Reconnection public history events (2006-11) which uplifted the former black colonies in Kansas, including Groves Center and Junius G. Groves (1859-1925). She is completing her relationship memoir on love and politics along with her book-length manuscript on 19th-century US activist/author Lydia Maria Child.
Articles by
Junius George Groves (1859-1925)
Junius G. Groves, a successful, self-educated farmer, landowner, and entrepreneur, became one of the most prosperous African American men in...
Vincent Gordon Harding (1931-2014)
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Combahee River Collective (1974-1980)
The Combahee River Collective, founded by black feminists and lesbians in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, was best known for its...
Barbara Smith (1946- )
Beginning in the 1970s, Barbara Smith broke new ground as a black feminist, lesbian, activist, author, and book publisher of...
Perry Watkins (1948-1996)
Perry James Henry Watkins was the only openly gay person discharged from the U.S. Army with full honors after serving...
Zanele Muholi (1972-)
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Alice Nkom (1945- )
Alice Nkom broke barriers for women by becoming the first female barrister in her country of Cameroon. She is also...
Sylvia Rhue (1947- )
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Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) (1990- )
Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ), founded in 1990, is one of the earliest and highly regarded LGBTI (Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender-Intersex) advocacy...
David Kato (c1964 – 2011)
David Kato was founding father of Uganda’s emergent gay rights movement, the first openly gay man in the country, and...
Gay Men of African Descent (GMAD) (1986- )
Gay Men of African Descent (GMAD), founded in 1986 in New York City, is one of the oldest organizations working...
Maurice Tomlinson (1971- )
Maurice Tomlinson is one of the most well-known gay rights activists in the world. He is an attorney-at-law, law lecturer,...
