# Betsy More

   ![Betsy More Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_crop_168x168/public/mediaobjects/Betsy.jpeg?itok=2BzVwLrg) 

 

Betsy More is JWA's Director of Programs. She earned her Ph.D. in history in 2012 from Harvard University, where her research focused on the history of work and motherhood in the United States. She has taught widely in American history, American studies, and women's and gender studies. She is a recipient of fellowships including the Mellon/ACLS Early Career Research Fellowship and the Women and Public Policy Fellowship from the Harvard Kennedy School. Most recently, she served as the Director of Open Circle Jewish Learning at Hebrew College. She lives in Belmont, MA with her husband and daughter.



## Blog Posts

 May 12, 2022## [ We Must Take a Page from Jewish Reproductive Justice Activists and Continue the Fight](/blog/we-must-take-page-jewish-reproductive-justice-activists-and-continue-fight)

 [Betsy More](/blog/author/more-betsy)There are as many different ways of working for reproductive justice as there are people.



 Topics: [Reproductive Rights](/topics/reproductive-rights), [Protests](/topics/protests), [Law](/topics/law) 

 

 



 [   ![Betty Friedan](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_crop_250x167_center/public/mediaobjects/0220_friedan.jpg?itok=mf44kRDB) 

 

 ](/blog/reading-feminine-mystique-2021) February 3, 2021## [Reading 'The Feminine Mystique' in 2021](/blog/reading-feminine-mystique-2021)

 [Betsy More](/blog/author/more-betsy)On Betty Friedan's 100th birthday, we reflect on her seminal work, *The Feminine Mystique*.



 Topics: [Feminism](/topics/feminism), [Non-Fiction](/topics/non-fiction) 

 

 



 [   ![Elaine Weiss and book cover](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_crop_250x167_center/public/mediaobjects/ElaineWeiss.jpg?itok=v11CyA6K) 

 

 ](/blog/bookclub-suffrage/interview-elaine-weiss-author-womans-hour) March 2, 2020## [An Interview with Elaine Weiss, Author of "The Woman’s Hour"](/blog/bookclub-suffrage/interview-elaine-weiss-author-womans-hour)

 [Betsy More](/blog/author/more-betsy)Exclusively for JWA, Elaine Weiss discusses her new book, *The Woman's Hour*, and the fight for women's suffrage in the United States.



 Topics: [Voting Rights](/topics/voting-rights), [Women's Rights](/topics/womens-rights), [Non-Fiction](/topics/non-fiction)