In 1895, hundreds of ministers and church leaders came to New Haven for a conference of the Christian Worker’s Association. Little did...
At age 20, Mildred Taylor Mills’ future seemed stable. Heir to her father’s modest fortune, the Westport, Conn. girl was “for a...
Mary Antin wrote a poem praising George Washington just a few years after she arrived in Boston a poor, 13-year-old Russian Jew...
On Feb. 26, 1955, a small group led by Mrs. Charles B. Gilbert of Norwich, Conn., posed for a photographer in front...
The Ladies of Gray had good reason to despise the Confederacy and its people. The small Maine town sent 200 of its...
The name “John Hay” pops up frequently in American history, especially during the second half of the 19th century. John Hay was...