A monthly roundup of Gilded Age and Progressive Era news articles and blog posts from around the web.
A new memorial for the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
Incarceration without livable wages
Celebrating Langston Hughes on his birthday
Chicago’s Provident Hospital was the first Black-owned public hospital
The first American pet cemetery opened in 1896
In 1901 Indianapolis, Black women used the “Delsarte method” for self-care
Early-twentieth-century tourism and the “Kentucky Cave Wars”
Remembering Babe Ruth on his birthday
Finding fashion in the Library of Congress collections
Explore the original copy of the 14th Amendment
Theodore Roosevelt and the Island in the Potomac
Oliver Wendell Holmes bequeathed most of his estate to the federal government
Cleaning the muck and mess of Carnival season
Revolutionary José Rizal’s contributions to Philippine self-government under U.S. authority
Discover tintypes throughout the decades
George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” turns 100
Confounding yet cost-effective sewing patterns for the thrifty homemaker in Harper’s Bazaar
Octavius V. Catto’s civil rights activism in Philadelphia
A teacher, a Civil War hero, and a stolen Confederate ship to freedom
Surveying Black ecologies with historian J.T. Roane
The material culture of American Valentine’s Day
Finding Frederick Douglass in the National Archives on his chosen birthday
Las Vegas before the glitter and lights
The curious connection between the telegraph and Tiffany & Co.
Teaching about yellow journalism in the classroom
Henry Charles Lea and printing in Philadelphia
The underexplored history of lynching Black women
Political cartoons during the Spanish-American War of 1898
Presidential records in the National Register of Historic Places
Mary Church Terrell created Frederick Douglass Day
After serving in the United States Navy, Kym pursued her education and true passion of history. Kym taught as an adjunct for six years prior to continuing her education. She is currently a History PhD student and Fellow at the University of Montana, focusing on public health in the Progressive Era.