lindsay trayvon ski ravinsky. she is white house historian at the white house historical association. her focus is military service during the revolution as a precursor to senior political leadership in the new republic. :er new book, "the cabinet george washington and the creation of an american is due out next year from harvard university press and we certainly look forward to that. duval got her phd from american university and is currently an assistant professor ofhistory at the university oklahoma. her interest in gender roles during the war for independence has led to a forthcoming volume experienceehold under british occupation in charleston, south carolina. the book will be one of the first truly detailed look set domestic institutions while under military occupation. richard angle is a doctoral candidate at lehigh university and currently teaches at the university of pennsylvania. she is looking at the history of this is central to her dissertation, america's first band of brothers: ship and come robbery