Morgon Newquist

Historian · Researcher ·Writer · Museum Professional

Historian, researcher, writer, and museum professional exploring the lives of early Americans.

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Eighteenth-century portrait of an older woman in a white cap sitting beside her young granddaughter, who holds a book, painted by Charles Willson Peale. Copy

Charles Willson Peale, Mrs. Samuel Mifflin and Her Granddaughter Rebecca Mifflin Francis, 1777–1780. Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

An eighteenth-century oil painting depicting a seated woman and a man playing cards at a table in an elegant interior, with rich fabrics and warm, dramatic lighting. Copy

William Hogarth, The Lady's Last Stake (c. 1759). Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo, New York.

My research focuses on the legal and economic history of early America, particularly the ways women navigated the opportunities and limitations of colonial society.

I'm interested in understanding how people made decisions within the circumstances of their own lives, and how the surviving historical record allows us to recover their experiences. My work in public history reflects a broader commitment to making the past accessible without losing its complexity.

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