I often think of the Knights of Labor, but especially on Labor Day. I’m a retiree member of the American Federation of Teachers who taught history at West Kentucky Community and Technical College in ...

Long before 'mermaidcore,' Black mermaids haunted American history, their siren song a clarion call for rebellion against ...

In “Born Equal,” Akhil Reed Amar paints a sprawling portrait of 19th-century America in thrall to its founding moment.

An 1880 Harper's Weekly illustration titled Women at the Polls in New Jersey in the Good Old Times Historica Graphica Collection / Heritage Images / Getty Images The first New Jersey State ...

BENNINGTON — "Notorious! Shady Ladies of 19th Century America," a portrayal of women who became infamous for challenging the norms of the day, will be presented at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 17, by ...

Publications including "Mademoiselle," "Glamour" and the long-forgortten "Charm" first emerged in the 1930s to satisfy an ...

Though she’s dressed in an opulent, fur-trimmed gown in a palatial French home sometime in the mid-19th century, her silent fury is recognizable to women the world over who’ve contained their ire to ...

Those immersed in social media who find it can become less than friendly might learn from 19th century techniques that used memorization to keep conversations more upbeat. Kevin Sheets, a SUNY ...

Aug. 18 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1227, Genghis Khan, the Mongol leader who forged an empire stretching from the east coast of China west to the Aral Sea, died in camp during a campaign ...

The 19th Amendment was passed by Congress on June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, granting women the right to vote. First introduced in Congress in 1878, the 19th Amendment was not easily ...