Did Harriet Beecher Stowe really start the Civil War in 1852? Probably not. But she did force people to think about the...
The great shoemakers strike of 1860 began with 3,000 Lynn, Mass., shoe workers who deliberately chose George Washington‘s birthday to start their righteous rebellion....
Horatio Alger wrote rags-to-riches stories about poor boys who succeed through hard work, often helped by a wealthy benefactor with a guilty...