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17.3K8Alice Cogswell Changed the World for Deaf People
Alice Cogswell was a precocious little girl from Hartford, Conn. She was just nine years old in 1814 when she met her...
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13.7K15Step Right Up! 14 Little-Known Facts About The Entertaining Life of P.T. Barnum
Think you know all about P.T. Barnum, newspaper editor, progressive mayor and hospital founder? Though a legend for his hoaxes and his...
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26.7K6When New England Candy Was King: 15 Sweet Facts
New England candy ruled the American confectionery industry from colonial times right through the mid 1900s. Many candy makers made their sugary...
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15.6K2New England Gold Hoax of 1898: Greed Meets Moxie
There is, in fact, gold in seawater. And that is the kernel of truth upon which two men from Martha’s Vineyard would...
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59.2K24Child Labor Exposed: The Legacy of Photographer Lewis Hine
A camera made an improbable weapon against the growing evil of child labor in the early 20th century. Then, children as young...
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20.2K4Levi Brisson: R.I. Father of the Year, and the Year After That, and …
There are many reasons to take note of the history of Foster, R.I. Home to one U.S. senator, Theodore Foster, and birthplace...
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