All posts tagged "World War I"
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11.8K1Arts and Leisure1913, the Year of the Great Tango Controversy
In April 1913, 90-year-old Henry McHenry walked out of the Chelsea Old Soldiers Home, telling his friends he was going to town...
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7.5K13IrregularsBoston’s Miracle 1914 Braves Most Improbable Comeback Ever
On July 18, 1914, the Boston Braves were in last place as usual. But that season the madmen from Boston made the...
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31.1K10Crime and ScandalMurder on the Titanic: Rhode Island Survivor Never Forgot
The chance to board the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic was too great a thrill to pass up for the adventurous...
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11.0K9Business and LaborBridgeport Women Workers and the Birth of the Eight Hour Day
On one summer day in 1915, thousands of women walked off the job in Bridgeport, Conn., demanding the eight hour day and...
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14.6K4Business and LaborNew England Good Life: The Great Madness of Scott Nearing
The announcement of their wedding was that of a classically trained musician to an academic economist and political provocateur. So naturally, when...
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7.9K6Business and LaborGirl Power: The 1933 New Haven Garment Workers Strike
In 1933, a poor Italian-American teenager led the dramatic New Haven garment workers strike that lifted thousands of women into the middle...
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