Elected the 140th president of the American Historical Association, she is the first Black woman to serve in that office.

[2] As an undergrad at Hampton University, professor Alice Davis sparked her interest in historical research.

[3] A fluent French speaker, Glymph had originally intended to major in European history or French, but an article by Purdue historian Harold Woodman on the economics of African-American slavery caused her to pursue graduate work with Woodman.

[7] Susan-Mary Grant recommended Out of the House of Bondage as the book in the field of nineteenth-century American history that everyone should read.

[9] Her 2020 book The Women's Fight: The Civil War's Battles for Home, Freedom, and Nation won the Darlene Clark Hine Award from the Organization of American Historians[10] and the Albert J. Beveridge Award from the American Historical Association.