All posts tagged "battles"
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11.4K7bostonThe Trial of Dr. Benjamin Spock
Dr. Benjamin Spock was a card-carrying member of the Eastern Establishment until a presidential remark set him on a different path. It...
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8.4K13Business and LaborThe First Lady of Connecticut Newspapers, Hannah Bunce Watson
As if caring for five children under the age of seven wasn’t enough for the newly-widowed Hannah Bunce Watson, American revolutionaries needed...
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61.0K24Business and LaborChild 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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21.4K4Crime and ScandalBoston Tong Wars Explode in 1907 Chinatown Massacre
As evening arrived in Boston on August 2, 1907, Chinatown merchants began closing their shops and laundries for the day. Breaking through...
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15.0K4Business and LaborNew England Good Life: The Great Madness of Scott Nearing
The announcement of their wedding was that of a classically trained musician to an academic economist and political provocateur. So naturally, when...
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11.9K3Business and LaborColumbus Smith of Vermont Found Gold in the British Wills
If Vermont’s Columbus Smith paid you a visit or sent you a letter in the mid-1800s, you were in luck. Smith was...
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