Standalone | The fantastic Ms. Fox

Nancy Rubin Stuart (LA '66), award-winning author and journalist, spoke at Tufts yesterday in honor of Women's History Month. Stuart's talk, entitled "One Woman's Words: Historical Perspectives on Women, Journalism and Publication," showcased her newest book, "The Reluctant Spiritualist: The Life of Maggie Fox." The book details the life of Maggie Fox, the world-famous teenage medium who co-founded the Spiritualism movement, which was popular in America in the mid-1800s. Stuart is a former New York Times reporter who has written several other biographies of historic women.