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Group of women marching with signs: "GWU Women's Liberation," "I'm a second-class citizen," "Women demand equality"

A Slut from East Toledo (Prologued, Season 1, Episode 5)

… Amendment, Black women developed organizations like the National Council of Negro women. The NCNW was formed in 1935 … of the EEOC, quit in protest and Betty Friedan founded the National Organization of Women. NOW applied pressure to the … in all kinds of areas of public life. Sarah Paxton Like the National American Woman Suffrage Association, and the …
Donald Trump and Joe Biden

Election 2020: Insights from History

… elections. And so if you think about it, just at the national level, Clinton wins in a three way race and '92. … or modern elections in general, when we think about the national level has been the effort to suppress the vote. And … about a 6 million vote difference in the kind of overall national vote, at least as of today, depending on how the …
The hazards of an enclosed work environment – a typist with cloth mask during the influenza pandemic in 1918.

The Respirator and Cloth Mask

… member of the US Navy wearing an N95 respirator (left) . A National Guardsman sews a cloth face mask.  (right) . The … in part, by Ohio Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, … in this content do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. …
Cover of Health, Healing and Illness in African History by Rebekah Lee.

Africa's Medical History Revealed

Review of Health, Healing and Illness in African History, by Rebekah Lee (London: Bloomsbury Academic Press, 2021)
… communities, traditional healers, healthcare workers, and national and international health organizations understood and managed these … in part, by Ohio Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, … Global/Transnational

The Real Marriage Revolution

… intolerance toward same-sex relationships. In 2002, an international poll found that 42 percent of Americans believed … the past—were based upon the idea that marriage required a union between individuals who played very different … between husbands and wives. Marriage was redefined as a union of two people whose love was based on the fact that …
Poinsette

The Story of Poinsettia Day and U.S.-Mexico Relations

In the late 1820s, Joel Roberts Poinsett introduced the poinsettia plant to Americans, who marveled at its foliage.
… y Caribeña (Dec. 2015) Torcuato S. Di Tella, National Popular Politics in Early Independent Mexico, … Diplomacy/International Relations …
19th century engraving showing Wall Street from the corner of Broad Street.

The First Wall Street Bomb

… of harboring radical ideas. The explosion also solidified national support behind Wall Street, transforming the daily … than in shouting, that the attack had its most profound national effect. Wall Street itself, eager to minimize fears …
People wearing masks

The Respirator and Cloth Mask

Germ theory helped to usher in the widespread use of cloth masks.
… in part, by Ohio Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, … in this content do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.   …
Kosovo is located to the south of Serbia.

The Perils of Breaking Away

… in the next several months, Kosovo is going to receive international approval for its quest to become an independent … independence provided the impetus for creating a new international consensus for handling separatist conflicts. Today, the international community is supposed to respect existing states’ …
An allotment delegation approaches the Nez Perce

The Dawes Act

The 1887 passage of the Dawes Act upended this system of communal land ownership and, in doing so, struck a historic blow at Native Americans’ political rights, economic sufficiency, and cultural heritage.
A group of Turkish refugees from 1913 standing in a group outside

The Treaty of Lausanne and the End of the Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire’s collapse unfolded over years of war, upheaval, and ethnic conflict. The 1923 Treaty of Lausanne recognized the new Republic of Turkey, redrew the region’s political order, and helped shape the modern Middle East.
… shattered long-standing multiethnic coexistence, and fueled nationalist movements that led to the abolition of the Ottoman dynasty. Following the nationalist victory under Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the 1923 … of Lausanne replaced the Treaty of Sèvres, secured international recognition for the new Republic of Turkey, and …
Hiroshima after the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city.

Terrorism: A New Kind of War?

… strategy during the Cold War was designed to deter the Soviet Union from attacking the United States and its allies by … on New York City and Washington were committed by a transnational organization. But it is hard to imagine that such a … Global/Transnational
Flag of the Republic of Venezuela (1930-2006)

An End to Interventionism in Venezuela

… money to the opposition through the U.S. taxpayer-funded National Endowment for Democracy. Chavez has accused his … Diplomacy/International Relations …
Detail from the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol.

Common Good and Common Evil in American Religion

Review of America’s Religious Wars: The Embattled Heart of Our Public Life, by Kathleen M. Sands (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2019)
… on visions, solutions, and resolutions, for the future of national life. Through the three sections of her book, Sands …