Heidi J. Osselaer received her undergraduate degree in history at the University of California, Berkeley, and earned both a master’s degree and doctorate in U.S. history at Arizona State University. Her field is women in Arizona History. She has taught at ASU, Scottsdale Community College, and Phoenix College and has served on the board of the Arizona Women’s Heritage Trail, as well as the editorial board of the Journal of Arizona History. In 2009, the University of Arizona Press published her book, Winning Their Place: Arizona Women in Politics, 1883-1950, which won two awards from the Arizona Book Publishing Association and was a finalist for the Best Book award. Heidi is the recipient of the 2011 Sharlot Hall Award for her “valuable contributions to the understanding and awareness of Arizona and its history,” and many of her publications have received distinguished awards.