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PostTraumatic Growth: Nellie Bly Bounced Forward
PostTraumatic Growth: Nellie Bly Bounced Forward
Nellie Bly could be a case study in posttraumatic growth from the Victorian Era. In spite of all the loss and trauma she Read More>...
How Christmas Stole Presents From New Year’s Day
How Christmas Stole Presents From New Year’s Day
Until the Victorian Era, gift giving happened on New Year’s Day rather than Christmas. Many people think that it was Read More>...
New Year’s Eve Rocked The Victorian Era
New Year’s Eve Rocked The Victorian Era
New Year’s Eve Rocked the Victorian Era. From the Victorian Era’s version of First-Foot superstitions on New Year’s Eve to Read More>...
Victorian Era: Bad Boy Yule Lads Get Santa Makeover
Victorian Era: Bad Boy Yule Lads Get Santa Makeover
Since, the Victorian Era the Bad Boy Yule lads got a Santa Makeover. Iceland’s 13 Yule Lads of today are Read More>...
Bisland Races Nellie Bly To Close Gender Pay Gap?
Bisland Races Nellie Bly To Close Gender Pay Gap?
Women are merely inching forward in the race toward income parity, according to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) recent report Read More>...
Rule Breaker Nellie Bly Raced Around The World
Rule Breaker Nellie Bly Raced Around The World
November 14, 1889. Nellie Bly. She was the original social media influencer and trendsetter. She was the stunt journalist who Read More>...
Annie Londonderry Biked Around The World: 1895
Annie Londonderry Biked Around The World: 1895
Annie “Londonderry” Kopchovsky was a Jewish mother of three small children. She lived in the Spring Street tenement in Boston’s Read More>...
Hawaiian Royals Bring Surfing to Shocked British Bathers: Victorian Era
Hawaiian Royals Bring Surfing to Shocked British Bathers: Victorian Era
The September day in 1890 was chilly and gray in Bridlington, England. It was nothing like the hot summer day Read More>...
Hawaiian Princes Bring Surfing to Santa Cruz: Victorian Era, 1885
Hawaiian Princes Bring Surfing to Santa Cruz: Victorian Era, 1885
Spoiler Alert! Two Hawaiian Princes Bring Surfing to Santa Cruz: Victorian Era, 1885. You can see two of the long-lost, Read More>...
Wealthiest Woman OF Klondike Gold Rush: Hot Water Bottles To Luxury Hotel
Wealthiest Woman OF Klondike Gold Rush: Hot Water Bottles To Luxury Hotel
Belinda Mulrooney had no husband or brothers to rely on, but she believed she could be a “successful trailblazer” on her Read More>...
The First Labor Day Parade Nearly Fizzled
The First Labor Day Parade Nearly Fizzled
September 5, 1882–The first labor day parade nearly fizzled. The streets of lower Manhattan near City Hall were packed with Read More>...
Donald Trump’s Grandpa Worked Klondike Gold Rushers
Donald Trump’s Grandpa Worked Klondike Gold Rushers
Donald Trump’s Grandpa worked the gold rushers inJuly, 1897. German-born Friedrich Drumpf (later known as Fred Trump) was running a Read More>...
Klondike Gold Rush: Kings, Cons & Stairs To Heaven
Klondike Gold Rush: Kings, Cons & Stairs To Heaven
Gold! Gold! Gold! Scores of people had already struck it rich in American gold rushes since the 1820s. But despite Read More>...
Annie Oakley: Nine Things We Love About Her
Annie Oakley: Nine Things We Love About Her
There is so much to love about Annie Oakley. Here are nine things we love about her. #1 Annie Oakley Triumphed Read More>...
Handcart Pioneers Pulled Belongings 1,300 Miles
Handcart Pioneers Pulled Belongings 1,300 Miles
The next time you catch yourself grumbling over a wobbly wheel on your shopping cart, consider this. From 1856-1860, more Read More>...
