Starting Out A Journey

Hello Reader,

As I start this new blogging journey, I am excited to tell you about myself, and I thought I would build a post to get started and share a little about my life with you. I am Savanah Summerfield, a 25-year-old Junior at the University of Evansville, Indiana, I am a History and Archeology major there, and my area of interest is in female spies. History has always been my favorite topic to talk about, and after years of not knowing what I wanted to do in life, I have started working towards a life of nerdy history stuff. I hope to someday work in a museum (the Smithsonian would be great) and author a few books about Female Spies and World War Two. I want to get my master's and Ph.D. in history, but we will see where that goes. Along with being a history nerd, I have many hobbies that keep me busy such as: Reading, Knitting, Baking, Card Games, Board Games, and the list goes on. I hope to be able to share a little about each topic as we journey together, and I promise this blog will not be all history-related. I have a life outside of my studies (though many would disagree with me on that, including my google search history). As I close out this first post, I want to say thank you to anyone who is reading this, and I hope you will stick around for my future post and that you don't find them too boring.

Have a beautiful day,
Savanah

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