Women could wield influence over their reputation, their position, and their wealth. Introduction Participating what Ivy Schweitzer...
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The tactics used by the NWP to accomplish its goals were versatile and creative. Introduction Founded in...
On their own, sunglasses have a long and rich history. Their use as protective eyewear goes all...
The Oekonomische Gesellschaft organized an ongoing and standardized meteorological measurement system. Agriculture was the primary focus of...
Farmers complained that they bore the brunt of the tax burden. Provided by Dr. Joan WaughProfessor Emeritus...
Rosler’s desire to parody a cooking show was born out of her engagement with various feminist groups....
The bestiary has been serially reinvented in more recent times, not least by writers and artists from...
Adding scientific detail to Indigenous narratives. Introduction Few places in the world are more closely linked with...
Frontier disrupted European gender norms and their accompanying, folkloric binaries. By Caroline AbbottEnvironmental Historian It was a...
The history of record keeping goes much further back than many of us think. We may wrongly...
In medieval Japan, healing might mean taking medicine, undergoing an exorcism, or avoiding inauspicious days. By Dr....
The term ‘medicine’ means ‘spiritual power’. Introduction Making the Sacred Bundle is an origin story of the medicine bag from...
Who were the apothecaries and what role did they have in medicine? Who Were the Apothecaries? Apothecaries...
Prophecy stands out as the one divination form in which non-male persons feature most strongly. Introduction Prophecy...
His commentary on Wisdom made Holcot hugely famous. The Dominican Robert Holcot (d. 1349) was one of...
She believed baptism ‘made equals in the grace and cleansing from sins’. Introduction Interest in Mother Juana...
Their families paid to dress them in a large gowns, a floral crowns, and other elaborate textiles....
The role that reproduction — photographic, biological — plays in her oeuvre. By Stassa EdwardsFeatures Writer and...
People faced penalties for them, including a female doctor who went to prison. Introduction Dora Juhl, a...
Rudolf Hess gave a German immigrant and Nazi Party member authority to form an American Nazi organization....
Active from the late ’50s through the early ’70s, the JBS propelled an extremist takeover of the...
The book was “a chaotic farrago of conspiracy myths.” Introduction Milton William “Bill” Cooper (May 6, 1943 – November...
The allure of chocolate has captured the hearts and taste buds of people around the world for...
It was all about the importance of hosting, because you never knew who was the stranger coming...
The city of Herculaneum, along with Pompeii, was buried in 79 CE under a layer of ash...
Why are so many scholars and scientists obsessed with deciphering a bizarre, illustrated 600-year-old manuscript? By Dr....
The Belmont Stakes, a key fixture in American horse racing, is renowned for its rich history and...
According to the World Health Organization, there are now about 29 million nurses and over 2 million...
Traditions of games played a pronounced socio-political role in the political culture of the Roman Empire. Games...
A shift occurred after 1945 in the context of the Cold War and decolonization. By Dr. Christian...