Elizabeth DeWolfe

Elizabeth DeWolfe is a Professor of History at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine, where she has taught undergraduate courses in women's history, American culture, and historical research/writing for 30 years. Her research focuses on extraordinary lives of ordinary women, particularly in 17th-19th century New England, with notable works on Berengera Caswell and Mary Marshall Dyer.

• Awards:
  • New England Historical Association
  • Northeast Popular Culture Association
  • Communal Studies Association
  • ForeWord Magazine
  • Independent Publisher Book Awards
• Current Work:
  • Author of forthcoming Alias Agnes: the Notorious Tale of a Gilded Age Spy (University Press of Kentucky, April 2025)
  • Podcast guest on Unsung History discussing 19th-century sex scandals