Skip to content

  • Subscribe
  • Get in Touch
  • Past Posts
  • What is Sistory?
  • The Past is Female Too

Month: March 2018

Those Squirrely Little Freeloaders: How America Went Nuts For Squirrels

It’s Corinne’s birthday and we’ve squirreled away this nutty story just for her.

animals, environment

Hippo Meat: It’s What Was Almost For Dinner

Lest you think these are the woooOOOOOooorst of times, let me tell you about a real problem America was facing about a hundred years ago. It was called β€œThe Meat Question.”

food, history, united states, us history, world history

The Past is Female Too: Women Are Animals

It’s March of the Wild and it’s also Women’s History Month. Get ready to meet “the most honest, unselfish, indomitable hellcat in the history of conservation.”

animals, environment, The Past is Female Too, women, women's history month

My Humps, My Humps: The Short But Spectacular Life of the U.S. Camel Corps

In 1854, it was time for a big idea – a big hump of an idea. Secretary of War Jefferson Davis (yes, that Jefferson Davis) went to Congress to pitch a novel concept that had caught his ear years before. President Pierce and Congress were skeptical, but he left with $30,000 to bring a fleet of camels to the United States for military use.

animals, oddities, us history, war

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • X

Post Archive

Tags

animals anne boleyn arlington cemetery art audio black history boston bronte business caroline china civil rights clinton corinne culture education eleanor election entertainment environment europe family fashion featured film food friendship george washington georgia grimke hapsburg health herstory history iceland kennedy laurel thatcher ulrich law local local history marco rubio marilyn monroe martha ballard monarchy mothers music new england pennsylvania politics presidency quotes religion robert e. lee rockefeller science sisters south sports squad goals taft tech thanksgiving The Past is Female Too top travel united states us history war washington dc welcome women women's history month women doing history work and labor world history
Website Powered by WordPress.com.
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • sistory.co
    • Join 33 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • sistory.co
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar