Franz, Kathleen
Chair and Curator
Selected Publications
Article
Franz, Kathleen, Bercaw, Nancy, Cohen, Kenneth, Loza, Mireya, and Vong, Sam. 2021. "Girlhood (It's complicated) : An Exhibition Exploring the Politics of GirlhoodThe Public Historian , 43, (1) 138–163. https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2021.43.1.138 .
2021
Franz, Kathleen, Smith, Paul Chaat, Ruffins, Fath Davis, Meyers, Cynthia B., and O'Barr, William M. 2020. "Virtual Colloquium: Smithsonian Curators Reflect on Documenting the Representations of Race/Ethnicity/Diversity in Advertising ." Advertising & Society Quarterly , 21, (4). https://doi.org/10.1353/asr.2020.0025 .
2020
Fleckner, John A. and Franz, Kathleen. 2018. "Advertising in the Archives: National Museum of American History at The Smithsonian Institution ." Advertising & Society Quarterly , 19, (2). https://doi.org/10.1353/asr.2018.0021 .
2018
Franz, Kathleen. 2018. "History Unbounded: A Relaunch of the Public History Review Section ." Journal of American History , 105, (1) 121–125. https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jay010 .
2018
Book
Allison, David K., Davis, Nancy, Franz, Kathleen, and Liebhold, Peter. 2015. American Enterprise: A History of Business in America . Smithsonian Books.
2015
Franz, Kathleen and Smulyan, Susan. 2011. Major problems in American popular culture . Wadsworth Cengage.
2011
Franz, Kathleen. 2011. Tinkering: Consumers Reinvent the Early Automobile . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press.
2011
Chapter
Franz, Kathleen. 2007. "Automobiles and Automobility." In Material Culture in America: Understanding Everyday Life . Wajda, Shirley and Sheumaker, Helen, editors. 53–56. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO.
2007
Review
Franz, Kathleen. 2018. [Book review] "Women at the Wheel: A Century of Buying, Driving, and Fixing Cars ." Technology and Culture , 59, (4), 981–983. https://doi.org/10.1353/tech.2018.0104 .
2018
Franz, Kathleen. 2017. [Book review] "Junkyards, Gearheads, and Rust: Salvaging the Automotive Past, by David N. Lucsko ." The American Historical Review , 122, (2), 549–550. https://doi.org/10.1093/ahr/122.2.549 .
2017
Franz, Kathleen. 2016. [Book review] "Packaged Pleasures: How Technology and Marketing Revolutionized Desire by Gary S. Cross and Robert N. Proctor ." Technology and Culture , 57, (4), 1027–1028. https://doi.org/10.1353/tech.2016.0133 .
2016
Franz, Kathleen. 2015. [Book review] "John A. Heitmann and Rebecca H. Morales. Stealing Cars: Technology and Society from the Model T to the Gran Torino ." The American Historical Review , 120, (2), 642–643. https://doi.org/10.1093/ahr/120.2.642 .
2015
Franz, Kathleen. 2013. [Book review] "User Unfriendly: Consumer Struggles with Personal Technologies, from Clocks and Sewing Machines to Cars and Computers, by Joseph J. Corn ." Technology and Culture , 54, (2), 434–435. https://doi.org/10.1353/tech.2013.0054 .
2013
Franz, Kathleen. 2011. [Book review] "SAS Shoe Factory and General Store. San Antonio, Texas. Terry Armstrong and Lew Hayden, Founders and Owners ." The Public Historian , 33, (1), 91–95. https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2011.33.1.91 .
2011
Franz, Kathleen. 2010. [Book review] "Architectural Heritage Center, Bosco-Milligan Foundation, Portland, Oregon. Cathy Galbraith, Executive Director, BMF; and Joanne Carlson, Interim Executive Director, AHC ." The Public Historian , 32, (4), 120–124. https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2010.32.4.120 .
2010
Franz, Kathleen. 2010. [Book review] "Auto Mechanics: Technology and Expertise in Twentieth-Century America, by Kevin Borg ." Journal of Social History , 43, (3), 762–764. https://doi.org/10.1353/jsh.0.0297 .
2010
Franz, Kathleen. 2010. [Book review] "Eat My Dust: Early Women Motorists, by Georgine Clarsen ." Australian Feminist Studies , 25, (63), 93–102. https://doi.org/10.1080/08164640903511804 .
2010
Franz, Kathleen. 2008. [Book review] "Motoring: The Highway Experience in America, by John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle ." Technology and Culture , 50, (1), 234–235. https://doi.org/10.1353/tech.0.0223 .
2008
Presentations
Exhibit
Franz, Kathleen (Curator). 2019. "All Work, No Pay: Women's Invisible Labor." Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Museum of American History,
