Catherine Clinton is an American historian and the author of many books, including Divided Houses: Gender and the Civil Warand Half-Sisters of History: Southern Women and the American Past.She is a contributor to The New Yorker.Christine Lunardini is a freelance writer who holds a Ph.D. in American History from Princeton. Her books include What Every American Should Know About Women's History: 200 Events That Shaped Our Destiny.
Nina Silber is professor of history at Boston University. She is author or editor of five other books, including The Romance of Reunion: Northerners and the South, 1865-1900 (from the University of North Carolina Press).