Tobacco Brides: Slavery, Indentureship, or Empowerment Free clothes, linens, and household goods, and a 50-acre plot of land that will stay yours even after you marry. That’s what the ads
Jamestown: New Hope or Death Trap? When the Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery crept up the Chesapeake and landed along the James River in 1607, the 105 passengers and 39
Conquering Black Elk Peak and Staying Out of the Basement In June 2018, I climbed Black Elk Peak in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Previously known as Harney’s Peak,
Encouraging Women and Shaping Culture with her Pen Born decades before the Civil War, Sarah Hale helped shape femininity for more than half of the 19th century. She didn’t
Home Away from Home By Linda Shenton Matchett “I didn’t want to go, but my parents made me.” Her voice seasoned with an English accent, the woman shrugged as she
A Crazy Summer of Romance by Kathy McKinsey I’d always dreamed of having a family, and getting married. But by the time I was 26, I’d never dated. At this
God answers our prayers. But the answers aren’t always what we hope for or expect. Sometimes the answer is so quiet that we miss it. Other times, the Lord wows
Paper Bag Queen by eMarie Margaret E. Knight didn’t start life with a silver spoon in her mouth. In fact, things went from bad to worse, and her story almost
No Photography: What Was a War Correspondent to Do? Photography was in its rudimentary beginnings at the start of the Civil War, but the technology that would enable newspapers to
Undercover Girl Scout A Girl Scout Hero By Marie Sontag When I first met eighty-six-year-old Halina Butler, I asked about her role as a Girl Scout during the 1944 Polish
