All posts tagged "Natick"
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17.4K17Arts and LeisureHarriet Beecher Stowe: The Little Lady who Started the Civil War
Did Harriet Beecher Stowe really start the Civil War in 1852? Probably not. But she did force people to think about the...
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25.5K18Business and LaborThe Great New England Shoemakers Strike of 1860
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....
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28.1K7Crime and ScandalHoratio Alger and the 100-Year-Old Guilty Secret
Horatio Alger wrote rags-to-riches stories about poor boys who succeed through hard work, often helped by a wealthy benefactor with a guilty...
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