Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: a 1911 Biography
The following Elizabeth Garrett Anderson biography is adapted slightly from an entry in the...
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Author: Jone Lewis
Sybil Ludington
She’s called the “female Paul Revere” for a reason. And her ride was about...
Read MoreA Nurse’s View of Battle: Bull Run, First Manassas
Sarah Emma Edmonds was a Civil War nurse, soldier (disguised as Frank Thompson), and spy. In this excerpt from her memoir, she recounts her experiences at the Battle of Bull Run (also known as First Manassas), July 21, 1861, and...
Read MoreLaura Ormiston Chant: Duty of God to Man Inquired
In 1893, at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago, many women and men were invited to address an event called the Parliament of the World’s Religions. Mrs. Laura Ormiston Chant was among those invited to participate. She was...
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Julia Ward Howe: What Is Religion?
Julia Ward Howe was, by 1893, a “grey eminence” in both popular culture and the...
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Unsung Heroine: Saving the Appalachian Trail
She was famous as a hiker in the 1950s and 1960s, and a bit of a media darling. She was a...
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The Social Use of the Post-Graduate Mother by Anna Garlin Spencer
This essay was published as “Chapter VIII: The Social Use of the Post-Graduate Mother”...
Read MoreRoe v. Wade Supreme Court Decision: Justice Stewart Concurring Opinion
For the entire text, see: Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision MR. JUSTICE STEWART, concurring. In 1963, this Court, in Ferguson v. Skrupa, 372 U.S. 726 , purported to sound the death knell for the doctrine of substantive due...
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