Note: We’re digging in to local history stories this month on Sistory. So far we’ve explored our current homes, chasing mysterious candy factories in Cambridge, Massachussetts.; a once-in-a-lifetime combined Steelers-Eagles football team in Centre County, Pennsylvania; and toilet paper traditions in Auburn, Alabama.
Note: Last week, we kicked off Local History Month on Sistory – exploring the places closest to us. If you … More
Note: We’re making July Local History Month on Sistory! There are so many stories in our own backyards, and we’re … More
How’s your Friday going? Okay so far? Got a fresh cup of coffee, optimistic about the weekend, ready to crank … More
Everyone knows Nikola Tesla was a futuristic, visionary inventor and an electrical engineering genius. He worked for Thomas Edison and … More
in 1939, singer Marian Anderson was taking the world by storm. But the Daughters of the American Revolution prohibited her from using Constitution Hall for a concert. First Lady Eleanor “One Badass Bitch Out of Hell” Roosevelt took matters into her own hands.
Like many before me, my love affair with the American frontier started when I read Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House … More
When I was a senior in college, my thesis class got into a discussion about propaganda. Most Political Communication majors … More
There is one female baseball star whose name has made it into the history books for an astonishing feat: 17-year-old Jackie Mitchell, who legendarily struck out both Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth, one after the other.
Welcome to this week’s special Mother’s Day edition of Sistory. Since our mother raised us to be independent, self-sufficient, and … More
“National melodies are the nursery songs of a people, heard in the dimly recollected days of its infancy, lingering in its … More
Let’s talk about Oregon. You know Oregon…the hipster’s paradise, where great coffee is served in eco-friendly cups and everyone … More
Nicknames are one of my favorite things in history, whether calling the teetotaling President Rutherford B. Hayes “Old Granny,” or … More
When I was a third grader, I boldly stated that I wanted to be the first female president. I think what I really wanted was to be the first female anything. I learned quickly that the disadvantages of being a woman were many (and I didn’t even know about periods, the wage gap, the glass ceiling or work-life balance yet.)
Was it common, or even accepted, for women to accumulate wealth and then pass it on to a gal pal rather than a spouse or family member? Even today, legal processes like wills and power of attorney tend to be narrowly focused on the two wearing wedding rings, and ignore the third party with one-half of a Best Friend necklace dangling around her neck. One answer might lie in the story of an early American shero, Elizabeth Murray Campbell Smith, who accumulated all of those names through marrying thrice over, who opened her own shop in Boston at age 23 and who was a real tough cookie in personal and professional negotiations.
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