All posts tagged "hospital"
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5.1KArts and LeisureEdith Wharton in Paris During World War I
Life for Edith Wharton in Paris was lived in stimulating freedom and aristocratic luxury until World War I broke out. Shocked by...
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5.0K1Arts and LeisureRodman and Ruth Law Take Their Sibling Rivalry to Crazy Heights
Rodman and Ruth Law rocketed to fame just before World War I with daredevil movie stunts and breathtaking aeronautical feats. Their father...
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11.1KMassachusettsHenning Jacobson Loses His Fight With the Board of Public Health Over Vaccination
Henning Jacobson, a Swedish minister, in 1905 refused vaccination during a smallpox epidemic in Cambridge, Mass., in 1905. Then he refused to...
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13.0KCrime and ScandalThe Hypnotized Bride of 1908 – Madelon Kenmore Looker Coburn Le Compte
In 1908, police in New Hampshire drew up a complaint against Madelon Kenmore, a woman they knew as Madelon Coburn. The charge...
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7.1KMassachusettsLouisa May Alcott, Dangerous Fanatic, Kisses a Baby
In 1863, Louisa May Alcott horrified a Virginia woman by kissing a baby. The woman was white, the baby was black. Alcott...
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17.3K9ConnecticutAvoiding Armageddon: How the 1970 Riots in New Haven Never Happened
Everyone thought riots in New Haven would break out on May 1, 1970. But they didn’t. The reasons include unorthodox policing, black...
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