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The Origins of Totalitarianism (I Want My MTV)

How did people just let this happen to them? Why didn’t they fight back?

Mar 22

Highway sign over Baltimore-Washington Parkway

Mar 22

The Most-Needed Women

On the eve of World War I, a group of 20 exemplary nurses challenged the idea that American women didn’t belong in military nursing.

May 26, 2021

20 women in white nursing uniforms stand outside of Naval Hospital building, 1908.

May 26, 2021

Come and Take It

May 19, 2021

Picture of La Cronica newspaper advertisement for the First Mexican Congress, 1911.

May 19, 2021

Property So Sacred

In 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire killed 146 people. Rose Schneiderman blamed the profit-driven garment industry and demanded justice.

May 12, 2021

Property So Sacred

May 12, 2021

The Super Sexist Marriage

May 5, 2021

Members of the National Welfare Rights Organization march outside with banners and flags, 1968.

May 5, 2021

East Side Joan of Arc

The early 20th century organized labor movement saw many activists rise to national prominence, including a scrappy teenaged socialist…

Apr 28, 2021

East Side Joan of Arc

Apr 28, 2021

Hysterical Creatures

The American feminist Alice Paul joined the British suffragette movement in 1908, a move that ultimately changed American history.

Apr 21, 2021

A magazine illustration of suffragettes smashing windows with hammers and bricks during a demonstration, 1912

Apr 21, 2021

Amanda Reilly

Amanda Reilly

Women’s historian who specializes in the 19th and 20th centuries. Consummate nerd, slightly old school, just wants to spin a yarn!

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