Susan Lee Johnson, a 1978 Carthage graduate who is a history professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will give a lecture at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, at the H. F. Johnson Center for the Fine Arts. She will speak about two unusual amateur female historians of Wild West hero Kit Carson and the impact they had prior to the development of women's history studies.

Prof. Johnson, who specializes in gender history and the history of the U.S. West, earned a master's degree from Arizona State University, and a Ph.D. from Yale University. She is author of the 2000 book, "Roaring Camp: The Social World of the California Gold Rush," and has taught at the University of Michigan, the University of California-Los Angeles, and the University of Colorado.

Prof. Johnson's free lecture closes the month-long "Models of Leadership" speaker series, held in conjunction with the "Creating in the Wild Zone" art exhibit at the Johnson Gallery of Art, which continues through March 12.