History Joy Consulting

25/08/2022

Have you had the opportunity yet to preorder our history book about First Pres, titled Light & Life: First Presbyterian Church of Colorado Springs at 150 Years? Packed with wonderful photos dating back to our

18/08/2022

August 17, 1872, five women and three men gathered together and created First Presbyterian Church of Colorado Springs. And in the 150 years since, we are humbled and grateful to continue to live out that ongoing legacy of preaching the Gospel, providing a space to worship; learning and growing as disciples being shaped by the Word, and to love our city with the love that Christ has already shown us.
Happy Birthday, First Pres.

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23/06/2022

Every child is a scientist... but what encourages them to make a career of it? To celebrate International Women's Day, science writer Laurie Winkless talked to other women working in science and engineering to see the role their childhood played in their career choices.

17/06/2022

Congratulations to CAL's Historical Nonfiction finalists! Susan A. Fletcher (with co-author Amy Burch), The Glen Eyrie Story; Joan Jacobson, Colorado Phantasmagorias; Penny Rafferty Hamilton, 101 Trailblazing Women of Air and Space.

04/05/2022

Very big day: my first article in Christianity Today appears in the May/Jun print issue, and was featured on CT's social media today. Very excited, and very thankful to draw attention to historic preservation issues in the church.

The oldest church windows in the Midwest and West are about to start falling apart.

30/03/2022

I just got invited to speak at Authors Day for our local chapter of the American Assocation of University Women on April 30th at the Peele House in downtown Colorado Springs. The event is a fundraiser for college scholarships for women. If you'd like to attend, you can RSVP here:

Please join us for the 2022 AAUW Authors Day and Silent Auction to Fund College Scholarships for Women, Featuring Three Colorado Authors!

10/03/2022

All the news about the discovery of the wreck of the Endurance made me a bit notsalgic for the time that I got to process the diary of Julius Frederick, survivor of the ill-fated Lady Franklin Bay Expedition to the arctic in 1881. I held the diary that he kept in the frozen arctic in my hands... a treasure from the farthest reachest of the globe in the 1880s all the way to my fresh-out-of-grad-school hands in 2005. To date, it's by far my favorite archival collection I've ever organized. To learn more, check out the collection guide:

30/11/2021

31/07/2021

Happy 150th birthday, Colorado Springs! Happy Sesquicentennial Day, you beautiful, gorgeous, amazing city of mine. Thanks for being my most beloved home.

29/06/2021

We're one month away from Colorado Springs' Sesquicentennial Celebration. Wish the city a happy 150th birthday by signing my digital COS150 birthday card and tell me about your favorite memories of the city and Glen Eyrie here:

21/06/2021

If you've found this page because you've read "Exploring the History of Childhood and Play" and you'd like to know more about my authorial adventures, you can sign up for my newsletter at: https://www.susanfletchercreative.com/contact

17/04/2021

My third book will be released this summer. Check out the story of Glen Eyrie and see beautiful photos of the property and Castle. Pre-order today for a special bonus package

Introducing The Glen Eyrie Story! The Glen Eyrie Story is our newest and most exciting history book! Full of photos, illustrations, and information, this is the perfect addition to your shelf or coffee table. Featuring: 128 pages More than 130 historic and modern day images of The Castle, the ground...

17/04/2021

At History Joy we are happy history museum nerds. https://museumdrip.com/2021/04/04/museum-nerds-codified/?fbclid=IwAR3ZeMMhU2vwtZLCc4lmI4f9gX_6ohN7gv3KVJnTobcxSpV7co9s1MgtvX4

Museum nerds LOVE to be Museum nerds. (Then they complain that “non-traditional” museum audiences feel alienated by museums. :) ) Don’t be fooled by the word “nerd;” m…

13/02/2021

11/02/2021

It's almost Galentine's Day - the best day of the year. (Except for Treat Yo Self Day, of course). Who are some of your favorite gal-pals from history? I love the friendship between Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Chime in with your own favorite female duos.
https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2014/julyaugust/feature/old-friends-elizabeth-cady-stanton-and-susan-b-anthony-made-histo

HUMANITIES: The Magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities Feature Old Friends Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Made History Together In their last days, the suffragist pioneers look back Katy June-Friesen HUMANITIES, July/August 2014, Volume 35, Number 4 Photo caption “We li...