When we think of Thomas Edison, we usually think of the light bulb, the phonograph, or perhaps the motion picture camera. But Edison...

By Catherine Ulrich Brakefield In my September 16th blog post, “Courage More Exhilarating than Fear” Eleanor and Franklin chose not...

by Sherry Shindelar Women Volunteering at a Philadelphia Hospital during the Civil War  (photo courtesy of the Library of Congress) Twenty-e...

How Did Ice Cream Come to Be? Ice Cream has been noted to have been around since the middle ages with Italy taking the lead in the 17th cen...

Imagine a July Sunday morning in a rural Kentucky church in the 1930s. Despite the heat, women wear their best Sunday dresses, while many of...