Elaine Weiss is an author and former journalist known for her historical non-fiction. Her current work includes *SPELL FREEDOM: The Underground Schools that Built the Civil Rights Movement*. She is also the author of *THE WOMAN'S HOUR: The Great Fight to Win the Vote* (Viking/Penguin) and *Fruits of Victory: The Woman's Land Army in the Great War*, published by Potomac Books in 2008.
Prior to her career as an author, Weiss worked in journalism.