There was one small wrinkle in William Byers’ plan to launch the Rocky Mountain News as Denver’s first newspaper. Another dreamer, Jack Merrick, was planning to launch The Cherry Creek Pioneer as Denver’s first newspaper.
THE BUSES ARE ROLLING, BYER! THE BUSES ARE ROLLING.
Longfellow arrived in Cambridge, Mass., in 1836, renting a room from a woman named Elizabeth Craigie. For a poet who loved nature, what better setting for writing than the manicured green lawns and gardens of Craigie House?
Longfellow agreed… at first.
The girls built a one-room shack on the cemetery grounds and lived in it 24/7, guarding the property with shotguns. They put up a sign that said “Trespass at Your Own Peril.”
When alcohol was outlawed in 1920, women more often than men stepped up to (literally) serve.
She did all the duties of a chief engineer while her husband formally retained that title. She oversaw daily construction progress and decisions, navigating the needs of politicians, employed engineers and all of the workers, and built 👏 that👏 bridge👏.
Like, you’re welcome, America. You’re welcome, New York.
Raindrop. Drop top. She built a bridge when her man stopped.
Imagine the meanest, worst-behaved 15-year-old boys you’ve ever encountered. Now add a thick coat of racism, total non-intervention by teachers and school staff, and the fact that a black girl entering an all-white school was entirely unprecedented, and you might get some idea of what Dorothy Counts experienced as she walked into the school.
The first and only female Buffalo Soldier, who served in the Union Army and then in the U.S. Army, did so while pretending to be a man. This brave lady, Cathay Williams, offered her life in service to the United States even though she was born a slave. And her story ends in mystery and injustice.
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