Lisa Norling

About the Author

Lisa Norling is a historian whose scholarship explores the intersections of gender, labor, and maritime culture in the Atlantic world. Her research illuminates the often-overlooked roles of women in seafaring communities and challenges traditional narratives of maritime history. Drawing on extensive archival sources, she examines how gender shaped the experiences of sailors, their families, and port societies from the eighteenth through the early twentieth centuries. Norling's work bridges social history and gender studies, offering nuanced perspectives on power, identity, and economic change in coastal and oceanic settings.