The Female Vote in America was finally secured, thanks to a mother’s wisdom. Her son was Harry Burn, the 24-year-old representative from Tennessee. He tucked a red rose into his lapel instead of a yellow one on a hot, muggy day in August 1920. Among the 96 lawmakers,
Inventions and Discoveries of the Industrial Revolution defined today’s world.
Strange nineteenth-century customs, holidays and events echo in today’s world.
Victorian Age fashion pushed forward into greater freedom.
Advances in the Industrial Era spawned secret places, many of which you can still visit.
Nellie Bly and other Victorian Era visionaries blazed trails to your future.
Explore pets, plants and other 19th century natural wonders and people who protected them.
Rival journalists Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland raced around the world in 1889. Facing treacherous…
