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

Jeannette Rankin – The First Woman Elected to Congress

By Tony Pettinato on November 7, 2016

An article about Montana’s Jeannette Rankin becoming the first woman elected to Congress, winning a seat in the U.S. House on 7 November 1916... (Read More)

Photo: Victoria Woodhull, c. 1860s. Source: Harvard Art Museum/Fogg Museum, Historical Photographs and Special Visual Collections Department, Fine Arts Library; Wikimedia Commons.

Victoria Claflin Woodhull – the 1st Woman to Run for U.S. President

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on October 13, 2015

Mary Harrell-Sesniak writes about Victoria Claflin Woodhull, who earned the distinction of being the first woman to run for U.S. president, in 1870... (Read More)

Photo: Robert F. Kennedy, 1968. Credit: Evan Freed; Wikimedia Commons.

Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy: Shot after Victory Speech

By Tony Pettinato on June 5, 2015

An article about Senator Robert F. Kennedy being shot by assassin Sirhan Sirhan in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles on 5 June 1968... (Read More)

Photo: Arkansas Senator Hattie W. Caraway, 3 November 1940. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Historic Milestone: Hattie Caraway 1st Woman Elected to the U.S. Senate

By Tony Pettinato on January 12, 2015

The U.S. reached a milestone on 12 January 1932 when Hattie W. Caraway became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate, from the state of Arkansas... (Read More)

Photo: ex-President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt shortly after leaving office, 25 October 1910. Credit: American Press Association; Wikimedia Commons.

The Life & Death of the Legendary Theodore ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt

By Tony Pettinato on January 6, 2015

An article about the life and death of Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt, the nation’s 26th president (1901-1909), who died in his sleep on 6 January 1919... (Read More)

Photo: medal honoring Director of the United States Mint Nellie Tayloe Ross, designed by Chief Engraver John R. Sinnock. Credit: Wehwalt; Wikimedia Commons.

Nellie Tayloe Ross: the Nation’s First Female Governor

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on January 5, 2015

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about a pioneering woman in American history: Nellie Tayloe Ross, the first woman governor in the U.S... (Read More)

Illustration: "Assassination of Abraham Lincoln." This Currier & Ives print (1865) implies Rathbone was already rising as Booth fired at Lincoln; in fact, Rathbone was unaware of Booth until he heard the shot. Credit: Currier & Ives; Wikimedia Commons.

Assassination of President Lincoln: History of an Epic Tragedy

By Scott Phillips on April 16, 2014

In this article, Scott Phillips searches old newspapers to see how the news of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination was reported in the nation’s newspapers... (Read More)

Photo: the last photograph of President Roosevelt, taken at Warm Springs, Georgia, by Nicholas Robbins for Elizabeth Shoumatoff. FDR died the following day, 12 April 1945. Credit: FDR Presidential Library & Museum; Wikimedia Commons.

69th Anniversary: President Franklin D. Roosevelt Died in Office

By Tony Pettinato on April 11, 2014

An article showing how newspapers announced to the nation the shocking news that President Franklin D. Roosevelt had suddenly died on 12 April 1945... (Read More)

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