Rose Knox: Businesswoman Ahead of Her Time
Rose Knox started the Knox Gelatine Company with her husband, Charles, in Johnstown, New York, in 1890. (Gelatine was the preferred spelling at that time.) When Charles died unexpectedly in …
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Abraham Lincoln’s Childhood: Growing Up to Be President
Abraham Lincoln’s childhood was filled with challenges and sadness, but he was always resourceful. As a young boy, Lincoln coped with the death of his mother when he was only …
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Sgt. William Carney, Former Slave and Medal of Honor Recipient
William H. Carney, a former slave, was bought out of slavery as a boy and sent north. When the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment formed for Black soldiers in 1863, he …
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Chief Standing Bear’s Victory for Civil Rights
Standing Bear (Ma-chu-nah-zha), a chief among the Ponca Tribe in the mid-19th century, found himself imprisoned illegally for leaving Indian Territory to take his only son’s body home. The tribe …
Trailblazer For Women in Sports: Ina Gittings
Title IX–the law that prohibits discrimination based on sex in any programs or activities in all federally funded educational institutions—was instrumental to bringing women into athletics. But pioneers in women’s sports …
Black Ranch Manager Makes Stunning Archaeological Find
A former slave who became a well-regarded ranch manager and amateur naturalist deserves credit for recognizing a significant archaeological find. George McJunkin noticed over-sized bison bones in a washed-out arroyo …
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