In fact, women historians have often reminded us that we don’t always know what we think we know. There’s a lot more work to be done, and it’s not limited to “women’s history.” We need to question and review everything—including presidential biographies—but there’s an expectation that women will write books about women; people of color will write about people of color. I was constantly reminded of this when I was asked what I was working on.4 The conversation often went like this: “What’s your book about?” “George Washington.” “His marriage?” “No.” “His wife?” “No.” “His . . . social life?”
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