People living in British America and later the nascent United States recorded their family histories in needlework samplers, ...

Prohibition aimed to curb male violence. Instead, it gave rise to female bootleggers, policy advocates, and a cultural shift ...

As a historical interpreter, researcher, artist, and designer, Cheyney McKnight incorporates 18th and 19th-century African American design skills to create pieces with a modern twist.

Spain's wax museum of dermatology, once a treasured teaching tool for medical students, will be closing its doors. Founded in ...

I’d recently been on a perfume jag, wreathing myself in enticing scents from au-courant brands, but I liked this fragrance ...

Vague phrasing in the state’s Revolutionary-era Constitution enfranchised women who met specific property requirements. A ...

From scribes and town criers to rat catchers and royal aides, these ancient jobs once played vital roles in society. Though ...

Wisconsin’s top state court ruled on Wednesday that an 1849 state law banning abortion in virtually all cases cannot be enforced, rejecting claims it had been revived after a landmark ...

The century set the stage for modern life with developments such as the electric light, the electric motor, the telephone, the sewing machine, the automobile, and X-rays. The difference between life ...