Colonial New England had no shortage of illness and no shortage of colonial remedies. Our forebears left records of suffering with diseases...
During the 19th century, deaf Vineyarders made up a disproportionate number of people born on the island in southeastern Massachusetts. One in...
Helen Keller in the winter of 1913 sent $87 to help immigrant textile workers on strike in Little Falls, N.Y. She was...
Alice Cogswell was a precocious little girl from Hartford, Conn. She was just nine years old in 1814 when she met her...