A monthly roundup of Gilded Age and Progressive Era news articles and blog posts from around the web.
A 1920s survey helped normalize women’s sexual pleasure
The Comstock Act grew out of Anthony Comstock’s efforts to stifle Victoria Woodhull’s 1872 presidential campaign
How Black Americans built business empires in the Jim Crow South
The 1924 murder of an American diplomat transformed the United States’ relationship with Iran
The immigrant origins of American trick-or-treating
When a suffragist mobilized against election corruption in Terra Haute, Indiana
A capitalist history of the East Boston Tunnel
How religion has influenced the American economy
President Benjamin Harris established the U.S. Board of Geographic Names 134 years ago
Newly digitized images at the Library of Congress
Popular postcards from the early 1900s
New musical finding aids at the Library of Congress
Denver’s East High School constructs a public history project
Document preservation and the founding of the Library of Congress
The first pedestrian fatality by an automobile in the United States
Originally a secret society, the “Grange” focused on forest conservation and ethical food processing
New WWI memorial unveiled in Washington, D.C.
Kitchens in the visual archives
Peculiar knickknacks and distinctive collectibles at historic sites
The many roles of women during Prohibition-Era bootlegging
Take a ride on the Pike’s Peak Railway
A visual history of potatoes in America
The unhappy aftermath for presidential candidate Horace Greeley
Astronomer Henrietta Leavitt’s “universal” legacy
The infamous tale of Kid Curry
Restoration begins for the first Black country club
The radical life of Florence Kelley
Women’s voting rights and political cat postcards
Exploring the Woodrow Wilson House
Discover African American contributions to the arts through records of the Harmon Foundation
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.