Twentieth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities

Abstract

This paper explores the process of creating an edited anthology of essays about women’s suffrage and activism for a state historical society in the United States. The paper considers new digital avenues for sharing research, for collaboration and for editing processes. The following questions are explored: Has digital communication changed the creative collaborative process? Have the humanities benefited from the expansion of digital resources and communication? In what ways do the products produced through digital communication, research, and collaboration differ from traditional research and collaboration? Have these changes expanded the audience for the scholarly humanities? The study also provides an overview of the work and the topics included in the new anthology, to be jointly published in 2022 by the Idaho State Historical Society and the Washington State University Press.