Tiffany Isselhardt is a public historian whose work focuses on girls’ identity in history, museums, and material culture. She believes that more inclusive representation at historical sites (including museums, historic sites, and memorials) is integral to inspiring, and achieving equality for, girls and women. Through a girl-focused lens, she helps reinterpret historical narratives to become more inclusive of girlhood while providing museums and historic sites with ways to engage younger, more diverse audiences. Utilizing lessons from her time with Museum Hack, she encourages direct public participation in the formation and re-formation of girls’ identity in history, culture, and museums.

Isselhardt also loves exploring girlhood and young womanhood in the Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern periods. Forthcoming projects include exhibits on girlhood during Early America and the American Revolution, a biography of one of Benjamin Franklin’s inner circle, and a Manifesto on girlhood for museums.