Anne S. Macpherson, Author

Anne S. Macpherson

author

Prof. Anne S. Macpherson is Professor of History at SUNY-Brockport with a specialization in Latin American and Caribbean HIstory. Among her publications are From Colony to Nation: Women Activists and the Gendering of Politics in Belize, 1912-82 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2007)“Birth of the U.S. Colonial Minimum Wage: The Struggle over the Fair Labor Standards Act in Puerto Rico, 1938-1941,” Journal of American History 104:3 (December 2017)

Aimee Loiselle on Her New Book, Beyond Norma Rae

The Hollywood Movie Norma Rae defined working class women’s experiences in the wake of neoliberalism. The film launched Sally Field into a cultural

by Anne S. Macpherson
July 12, 2025