Rachel J. Lith­gow is a his­to­ri­an and muse­um pro­fes­sion­al with thir­ty years of expe­ri­ence run­ning large cul­tur­al insti­tu­tions. Her work and writ­ing have appeared in dozens of pub­li­ca­tions around the world, includ­ing The New York Times, The Dai­ly News, Time, The Advo­cate, The Jerusalem Post, The Huff­in­g­ton Post, the Los Ange­les Times, The Times of Israel, eJP, The New York Observ­er, and the Buf­fa­lo News. Rachel has two chil­dren and splits her time between Long Beach, Long Island, and Hell’s Kitchen in New York City.