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Interview: Ann-Margret / Proud To Be An American

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher12/4/20234/25/2024
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What Kind of Women Courted Hitler and His Cronies? The Details Might Surprise You

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African American Theater Performers Turned Stereotype Upside Down

by Daniel B. Moskowitz10/11/202310/11/2023
Photo of a general view of The Boott Cotton Mill Museum in the former textile manufacturing town of Lowell on the Merrimack River as part of the Lowell National Historical Park and the National Park Service on November 5, 2014 in Lowell, Massachuetts.

Young Women Were America’s First Industrial Workforce

by Carl Zebrowski9/19/20238/1/2023
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‘Oh! my soul—what a sight presented itself!’: A Witness to the July 1863 New York Draft Riots 

by Jonathan W. White9/14/20232/1/2024
Photo of Telephone operators working with the U.S. Signal Corps work at a switchboard in American military headquarters at St.-Mihiel, France. Gas masks and helmets hang at the ready in case of German shelling or gas attacks. Their efficiency and bravery contributed greatly to the effort to capture St.-Mihiel.

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Louisa May Alcott Wanted to Be a Nurse…Until She Realized It Required Bathing Soldiers

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by HistoryNet Staff6/19/20235/12/2023
female captive held by Comanche warriors

This Hardy Texas Pioneer Witnessed the Deaths of Many a Loved One and Escaped Comanche Captivity

by Chuck Lyons6/2/20235/12/2023
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The Most Popular Dancer of Her Era, She Once Shared the Stage With Buffalo Bill

by Wild West Staff5/22/20235/22/2023

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