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Back to SearchGertrude Ederle
They said it couldn't be done; that the deck, and the odds, were stacked against her, but Trudy Ederle listened only to her heart during her record-b…
2 years, 1 month ago
Fannie Lou Hamer 2024
We reached back a few years to again shine the spotlight on this remarkable woman. Fannie Lou Hamer began life as a small child whose hard labor was …
2 years, 1 month ago
Emily Roebling
Emily Roebling stepped in to facilitate the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge after her husband, its chief engineer, fell victim to a mysterious il…
2 years, 2 months ago
Empress Maria Theresa of Austria Part 2
Maria Theresa was the only woman to rule the Hapsburg dominions in her own right and is considered to have been one of its most successful leaders. G…
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Empress Maria Theresa of Austria Part 1
Destined from her cradle for a seat on the throne, Maria Theresa had to fight both the prejudices of her age AND some of the greatest warriors of the…
2 years, 3 months ago
Austria Field Trip Travelogue 2024
Please join us and our fellow Field Trip Friends as we tell you all about our adventures in Austria! From the glamour of the Habsburgs in Vienna to t…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Statue of Liberty 2024
Today we bring you our traditional Fourth of July holiday coverage of the life and times of the Statue of Liberty, from her conception at a dinner pa…
2 years, 4 months ago
Gertrude Bell
Once upon a time, a daughter of privilege took her enormous intelligence, unfathomable bravery, and an entire set of Wedgwood china into the uncharte…
2 years, 4 months ago
Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe is known as the mother of Modernism; she created a vast body of work, always finding a novel way to express what she wanted to say t…
2 years, 5 months ago
Mary Cassatt
Mary Cassatt had always been an independent thinker. But once she became a member of the radical group of artists known as the Impressionists, she si…
2 years, 5 months ago