Summer News Coverage: Usual Fare for First Families
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Little-Remembered Stories of Women and the Vote
If women’s news receives the coverage it deserves during the next week or so, then there will be stories about women and the vote. Headlines may read something like: “Ninety
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Embalming Becomes Common During Civil War
How the Civil War Changed Funeral Practices Medical and scientific advances often arise from wars and other crises. During the Civil War, one of the changes needed was an improved
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Pools and Politics
Last week I wrote about baseball catcher Roy Campanella. Reading his autobiography sent me in search of who, what, when, where, and why about the end of discrimination in professional baseball.
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