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Illustration: portrait of Jeannette Rankin by Sharon Sprung. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

On This Day: Strange Hoax as Jeannette Rankin Became 1st Woman in Congress

By Tony Pettinato on March 4, 2022

An article about a juvenile hoax pulled in the House of Representatives on what was supposed to be Jeannette Rankin’s first day, 4 March 1917... (Read More)

Photo: Martha Washington Hotel on 23 February 1903, shortly after construction was completed. Credit: Robert L. Bracklow; Wikimedia Commons.

1st Women-Only Hotel Opened in NYC in 1903

By Tony Pettinato on March 2, 2022

An article about the Martha Washington Hotel, the first hotel built exclusively for women, opening on 2 March 1903 in New York City... (Read More)

Photo: Radio City Music Hall, view of stage and orchestra seating from mezzanine seating. Credit: flickr4jazz; Wikimedia Commons.

On This Day: Radio City Music Hall, the People’s Palace, Opened

By Tony Pettinato on December 27, 2021

An article about the grand opening of the impressive, gleaming new Art Deco theater in New York, Radio City Music Hall, on 27 December 1932... (Read More)

Photo: Ohio expedition reenactors departing Ipswich, Massachusetts, on 3 December 1937. Courtesy of Hamilton Historical Society Collection, Hamilton, Massachusetts.

Big Holiday Adventure: The 1787-88 Westward Trek into Ohio

By Melissa Berry on December 8, 2021

Melissa Berry writes about 48 pioneers who made the westward trek into Ohio in 1787-88 – and of the 1937 reenactors who commemorated their expedition... (Read More)

Illustration: the winning design for the U.S. Capitol, submitted by William Thornton, c. 1796. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

On This Date: 1st Session of Congress Held in Washington, D.C.

By Tony Pettinato on November 18, 2021

An article about Congress finally moving to its permanent location in the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on 17 November 1800... (Read More)

Photo: suffragist parade in New York city, May 1912. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

19th Amendment’s Botched Signing Ceremony Angers Women

By Tony Pettinato on August 26, 2021

An article about women suffragists’ dismay at the botched signing ceremony for the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote... (Read More)

Photo: "Winnie Mae," a Lockheed Vega aircraft of Wiley Post, in Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Credit: Jarek Tuszyński; Wikimedia Commons.

On This Day: Wiley Post Began 1933 Solo Flight around the World!

By Tony Pettinato on July 15, 2021

An article about aviator Wiley Post taking off on 15 July 1933 for his grandest flying adventure of all: the first solo flight around the world!.. (Read More)

Illustration: depiction of the story of Betsy Ross presenting the first American flag to General George Washington, by Edward Percy Moran, c. 1917. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Flag Day: How Betsy Ross Came to Be Known as the First Flag Maker

By Jane Cook on June 14, 2021

In this article, for Flag Day, Jane Hampton Cook searches old newspapers to learn more about the apocryphal story of Betsy Ross and America’s first flag... (Read More)

Photo: the Minnesota State Capitol in Saint Paul, designed by Cass Gilbert. Credit: Mulad; Wikimedia Commons.

Minnesota Gained Statehood at a Troubled Time

By Tony Pettinato on May 11, 2021

An article about the admission of Minnesota as the Union’s 32nd state on 11 May 1858 in the midst of the controversy over slavery... (Read More)

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