Sara Fitzgerald was an award-winning journalist and new-media developer for The Washington Post, National Journal magazine, The St. Petersburg Times, The Miami Herald, and the Akron Beacon Journal. A major in honors history and journalism at the University of Michigan, she writes both fiction and nonfiction, sharing the stories of little-known women who might otherwise be lost to history. Her biography, Elly Peterson: “Mother” of the Moderates, was recognized by the Historical Society of Michigan and by the Library of Michigan as a Notable Book of the Year.