Women
Selling Scandalous Sex as Sober Cinema
Howard W. "Kroger" Babb made a bundle hawking a movie melodrama about a girl who gets in trouble
Civil War Figures
Postwar Dinner Guests Dished and Debated Confederate Heroes
At a Baltimore table in 1887, the discussion centered around Lee, Jackson, Stuart, and Longstreet
1600s
How Hooch Lubricated American Life
Besides making crops portable, cocktails like slings, flips, punches, and bounce were healthier than water
Feature Story
Precision Bass: Rock ‘n’ Roll’s Instrumental Soul
Leo Fender's rhythmic innovation powered the music of a generation
Civil War Figures
Manassas: How This Southern City Came To Be More Than a Battlefield
Destroyed in the war, isolated Virginia rail junction was rebuilt in a spirit of reconciliation
Civil War Figures
Hidden Heroes: Captain Sally
Life of wealth, privilege didn’t keep one ‘angel’ from giving all for the wounded
World War I
Book Review: A Lab of One’s Own
The void created by men going off to combat in World War I opened professional doors for women, Patricia Fara explains
WWII Figures
Book Review: Glory in Their Spirit By Sandra M. Bolzenius
In "Glory in Their Spirit," author Sandra M. Bolzenius uncovers the tensions surrounding the military regarding race and sex during World War II.
