The story of Maine statehood is also the story of a province and a people exploited by absentee owners and left defenseless...
On March 29, 1880, Louisa May Alcott voted with 19 other women for the first time at the Concord Town Meeting. The...
In November 1852, newspapers in Pennsylvania gave over 650 words to assailing the flaws of the New Englander. In a wide-ranging screed...
In the late 19th century, women known as antis began to organize against women who wanted the right to vote. The antis...
Martin Luther King spent plenty of time in New England, and not just giving speeches about civil rights. He worked in Connecticut...
Henry Blackwell fell in love at first sight. Lucy Stone, the mild- looking but fire-breathing women’s rights advocate, mesmerized the young man....