Below is an abbreviated history of everyday objects purchased during the Civil War Era. It was shared by Historian James Ayers, and taken from a 1939 Catskill Mountain News.

Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers ...

“The golden age of America begins right now,” said President Donald Trump, in his inaugural address during which he promised ...

Recipes from a time when Southern infrastructure was a long way from being restored, but families had to keep everyone fed.

In the lead-up to the Civil War, many juries in the North refused to convict people accused of helping slaves escape. However, during the Jim Crow era ... some abused women who killed or attacked ...

In the complex tapestry of American history, the rules governing what enslaved people could or couldn’t wear played a ...

The two houses of Congress had 153 women (28 percent), representative ... To ring in the next era of civil rights activism, Democrats must learn from activists how to bring their party’s ...

Displacement makes civilians, especially women and children, more vulnerable to the collateral effects of war. In the east of ... surge in internationalized civil wars in Africa and that those ...

The disputes escalated into a civil war ... of women during the Civil Wars? There were lots of examples of women being directly involved in the Civil Wars. Some women wore men’s clothing and ...

Fans will want to reserve tickets for the first overseas showing of this exhibition dedicated to Italian fashion design ... and the civil rights movement. As the post-war period gave rise to ...

While modern Ukrainians are more open about sex than in the Soviet era, the topic is still ... adding that men or women who have lost limbs because of the war rarely ask for help regarding such ...

Economist George Taylor is credited with the theory after discovering that when the economy is doing well, hosiery sales are ...