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There was a key. There was a kite. Otherwise, accounts of the event remain murky. → Read More
Here’s a look at pioneering queer women in comedy, from Moms Mabley to Lily Tomlin. → Read More
The former first lady spoke publicly about her struggles with prescription pills and alcohol, and founded a rehab center to help others. → Read More
The first major period of Arab immigration started around 1880, when residents of the Ottoman Empire began to come to the United States. → Read More
In a time when military pensions were a large part of the federal budget, Black women faced unique challenges in securing compensation. → Read More
As America's brutal war inflicted high casualties and placed a strain on military medical care, women on both sides of the conflict answered the call. → Read More
From Olga Korbut’s famous flip to Kerri Strug's vault landing to Simone Biles’ multiple golds, see the feats that wowed the world. → Read More
Federally-subsidized childcare centers took care of an estimated 550,000 to 600,000 children while their mothers worked wartime jobs. → Read More
Elizebeth Friedman’s codebreaking helped save the Queen Mary and capture a Nazi spy ringleader in Latin America. → Read More
Women inventors are behind a wide range of key innovations, from Kevlar to dishwashers to better life rafts. → Read More
Vaccines are so effective at fighting disease that sometimes it’s easy to forget their impact. → Read More
The constitutional framers may have viewed Indigenous people of the Iroquois Confederacy as inferior, but that didn't stop them from admiring their federalist principles. → Read More
Some undid the work of their running mate, others bolstered their ticket. → Read More
The 1990 protest demonstrated the barriers that inaccessible buildings create for people with disabilities. → Read More
During the so-called Spanish Flu, cartoons, PSAs and streetcar signs urged Americans to follow health guidelines to keep the pandemic from spreading. → Read More
The campaign used fake news to shift U.S. opinion about going to war with Germany. → Read More
Most people complied, but some resisted (or poked holes in their masks to smoke). → Read More
Two autoworkers who reportedly mistook Chin to be Japanese received no jail time for the killing. → Read More
Human fossils, an amber room and a Raphael masterpiece all went missing during WWII. → Read More
The controversial shroud that is claimed to have once covered the body of Jesus first appeared in the 1350s and is now available for online viewing. → Read More