History
Ida B. Wells, diehard subber.
Family
Mary J. Breen on the old photos she loves but doesn't know what to do with.
History
We sit down with @AfAmHistFail, an anonymous plantation docent who shares the teaching ups and racist downs of her job.
History
NOT JUST PEANUTS.
History
The cruelly forgotten Star Maidens.
History
Lady Byron got the 5000-word vindication she deserved about 150 years ago.
History
Gay letters, straight from Everest.
History
Originally.
PEOPLE OF ATHENS: at last our city is complete
CECROPS: my people
now we must decide which of the gods we will offer our worship to
who among the deities of Olympus will we select to watch over us
shall it be Poseidon? Lord of the sea, creator of the horse, to protect our warships and supply us with battle stallions?
or shall it be Athena, goddess of wisdom and justice?
Feminism
Kaye Wierzbicki on pennyroyal, an herb with abortifacient properties that captured the attention of 19th-century medical writers and literary authors alike.
Books
Jacquelyn Ardam rounds up the best quotes from Carolyn Burke's BECOMING MODERN: THE LIFE OF MINA LOY.
History
Please consider my application to be a Tudor-era lady-in-waiting. Thank you for your time.
History
Mary J. Breen looks back on her 1950s Catholic childhood, and its insular and pious nature.
History
Sophia Dembling on some museums and historic sites you should visit and appreciate.
Heroes
Did you know that a woman named Phyllis once rode Aristotle like a pony? Well, she rode him. Like a pony.
History
There are certain things about their relationship that I need to believe, and so I do.