Book Talks & Published Writings
As a public historian, writer, and speaker, Meredith Henne Baker's areas of interest include education, history, religion, the American South.... and any topic where they intersect! As a freelancer, she's penned pieces on parenting, nature, music, archives, and culture. She is an active member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) and the James River Writers. With experience as a museum and secondary school educator, she developed and edited history and literature-based curricula for grades K-12, now used by over 30,000 teachers nationally.
A sampling of her published articles and talks is available through the links below.
Groundbreaking Garden Club Activists of Virginia
Smithsonian Institute
Garden Clubs Make History: How Virginia's Gardening Women Changed a State
Library of Virginia, Virginia Humanities Lecture
Podcast Interview: The Firehouse Logbook
Episode 42: The Richmond Theater Fire of 1811 with Meredith Henne Baker
SCBWI Mid-Atlantic Highlighter
"Handle with Care:” Four Key Methods for Writing Responsible Nonfiction
Virginia Museum of History and Culture Banner Lecture
The Christmas Fire, CBS 6 (Winner of Regional 2022 Emmy Award)
The Burning Documentary, 2013 (Library of Virginia)
Library of Virginia Broadside Magazine
Virginia Mercury
Influential Revolutionary-Era Virginians Targeted Statues
Washington Family Magazine
Cricket
Alligators in the Lobby
Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity
Grow Christians, a Forward Movement Blog
Regular Contributor on Faith Formation
Hill Rag