Mary Ann Shadd had been teaching for over 10 years in various towns… including Norristown, Pennsylvania.”  At the time, it ...

The 21st century pharmaceutical and biotech sector has come a long way from its roots in 19th century pharmacy. pharmaphorum looks at its evolution over the centuries. The roots of the ...

It might seem like a stretch to count the Ballantine House as a notable part of Newark’s Black history ... Titled “Stay: The Black Women of 19th-Century Newark,” the exhibit focuses on ...

Known today as the “Black Belt,” the southeastern United States was once covered by an ancient sea—one that continues to ...

The crown jewel of the town’s cultural scene is undoubtedly the Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, Missouri’s oldest professional ...

Given this deep history of powerful kingdoms connected by an underlying but dynamic economic system, we have to let go of the idea that the Zulu Kingdom, which formed in the early 19th century ...

This spring, embrace frill-forward bottoms with impunity—just like your great-great-great-great-grandmother told you.

Were you told that gold mining in southern Africa started after 1852? Or that the export of iron, steel, copper and gold began in the late 19th century? Or that South Africa became integrated into ...

This timeline highlights some of the key moments ... Although Napoleon had been defeated at Waterloo in 1815, the early 19th Century was an era of political upheaval at home and abroad and many ...

Frustrations over the exclusion of women from America’s national narrative boiled over in the 1970s—leading to the creation of Women’s History ... their sex in the 19th century, a group ...

It's not every day that you get to rewrite the history books, but some games allow us to explore alternative timelines ...

It is time for a 21st-century approach to historicizing Florida’s biggest, most complicated and most interesting city. As part of our ambitious mission, the Jacksonville History Center has the ...