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 “The Meat Question.”
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.”
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.
The Past is Female Too: Go For the Gold
Meet 5 Black female Olympians who made history – or herstory. We know The Future is Female, but The Past is Female Too (we even made a t-shirt).
Mary Kenner is My Shero. Period.
Full disclosure, before we jump in: this week’s post is all about periods, menstruation and the ingenious woman who helped…
Squad Goals: Henriette DeLille and Sisters of the Holy Family
Over the last two years we’ve added several impressive ladies to our squad: Qiu Jin, Juliette Gordon Low, Canada’s Famous Five, and the “lady killers” of the game of bridge, Fritzi and Rixi, also known as Frisky and Bitchy. But we have a special place reserved, of course, for sisters. Today we’re honoring a different kind of sisterhood – that of the 175-year old,African-American Roman Catholic order of the Sisters of the Holy Family in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The Mother of Miami
The only city built by a woman almost forgot her name. Told via pop royalty gifs.
Tell him, bird, bye
In 1914, over 100 years ago, the final passenger pigeon died at the Cincinnati Zoo. All attempts to breed them in captivity failed. Martha suffered from a palsy that made her tremble and had never laid a fertile egg. The passenger pigeon was extinct, thanks entirely to mankind.
How did this happen?
Really, Really Relevant Lessons from 19th-Century Paraguay
Close your eyes, dear reader. Now, open them, and keep reading, because we’re going to take you on a journey.…
2017 is History. 2018 is Sistory.
2017! What a doozy, am I right? We’re so glad to have had your readership this year, following us through…
The Past is Female Too: Holy Mother Edition
It’s a mother of a season. Well, rather, it’s a season celebrating mothers – particularly a Biblically famous teenage mother – and we’re here for it. Moms rule. We’ve already written about some of history’s best royal momagers, but here are five more mothers you ought to know about.
Disney’s Next Franchise: Pirates of the Ohio River
Last week, the FBI announced they captured Eric Conn, the aptly-named Social Security lawyer-turned-fraudster who scammed thousands of Kentuckians and…
Up With Down Jackets
Edward Bauer – yes, Eddie Bauer of catalog fame! – almost froze to death so that I could wear my down jacket 80 years later, sweating it out on the MBTA and whining about my eeeeemaaaaillssss and my meeeettinggggs.
At Least Madge Wallace Isn’t Your Mother In Law
It’s possible that no man would have been good enough for Madge Wallace’s daughter, but farm-boy Harry Truman, who never went to college, definitely was not.
On Queen Christina Of Sweden And Walking Away From It All
You know, no matter how much you love your job (which I do,) or your career (which I do,) or…
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