Trailblazing 19th-century Gloucester woman honored for keeping Twin Lights lit on Thacher Island off Rockport
Maria Herrick Bray lived a life of activity and influence through the second half of the 19th century and opening decades of the 20th, a time when most women had little opportunity to make their mark ...
Hundreds of 19th-century skulls collected in the name of medical science tell a story of who mattered and who didn’t
Marked with numbers, demographic information and provenance – though not name – these skulls tell a story of racist ...
'The most noble scenes are made desolate': The climate warnings in 19th Century paintings
A new exhibition that documents the impact of the Industrial Revolution features several 1800s artists, writers and thinkers ...
How the Ivy League Broke America
The system is rigged: Students from families in the top 1 percent of earners were 77 times more likely to attend an Ivy ...
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Locked out: how a 19th century land grant is still undermining First Nations rights on Vancouver Island
On Vancouver Island, privately owned forest poses a unique challenge for the Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group, with territories ...
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Dr. Victoria Abrahamyan receives SAS Outstanding Dissertation Award
The Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) is pleased to announce that Dr. Victoria Abrahamyan has been chosen to receive the SAS ...
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19th-century paintings show first hints of post-industrial climate change
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How pioneering Black liberals battled Thomas Jefferson's "Dark Age"
Those writers’ vision blossomed in the early 19th century even as the popularity of artificial hierarchies rebounded among American white people, particularly in the South. A new book from ...
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An Old City archeologist writes an opera for a murdered 19th century woman
Composer Melissa Dunphy discovered an unsolved murder at her home from 144 years ago. She brings her back to life with “Alice Tierney.” ...
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Opinion: No, tariffs did not make American industry great
Just as Americans are preparing to vote on a sweeping new tariff regime — including a proposed 60% tax on all imports from China and a 20% tax on imports from everywhere else — new research is ...
The 19th-century church sex scandal that changed our view of privacy
Robert Shaplen’s “Free Love” delves into the adultery case against Henry Ward Beecher, an abolitionist preacher and a presidential hopeful.
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'The most noble scenes are made desolate': The climate warnings in 19th Century paintings
Biodiversity Heritage Library - The American Journal of Science and Arts ... that climate change was recognised as such in the 19th Century," But at the same time, she says, people were beginning ...