Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
Minding the GAPE – May 2025
June 1, 2025
Minding the GAPE – May 2025
By Laura Crossley
“Wellness farms” and the eugenic history of confining young people with disability, how the U.S.-Canada border was shaped, parallels between the SAVE Act and the 1907 Expatriation Act, the real history behind the film “Sinners,” the historical significance of Pope Leo XIV’s name choice, and much more.
Tariffs and the income tax in historical perspective, the origins of the White House Easter Egg Roll, HBCU marching bands, epidemics and disability, primary sources from mass persuasion campaigns, why we regulate raw milk, and much more.
Golden Age or new Gilded Age, the Statue of Liberty, a historian’s family history, pedestrianism and politics, documenting Black dance history, the Teddy Bear’s failed possum rival, and much more.
The life of Black feminist activist Dr. Anna Julia Cooper, a covert government agency in the Progressive Era, coercive tariffs under McKinley, marriage records of the Freedmen’s Bureau, the origins of Black financial institutions, and much more.
