The Story of the Gilded Age Wasn’t Wealth. It Was Corruption.
Richard White, the historian and author of "The Republic for Which It Stands," explains what made the late 19th century ...
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The Daring 19th-Century Reformers Who Sought to End Prostitution by Offering Financial and Emotional Support to Urban Sex Workers
Led entirely by women, the American Female Moral Reform Society gave material aid to those in need and pushed for men to be ...
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From Jealous Spouses to Paranoid Bosses, Pedometers Quantified Suspicion in the 19th Century
These 19th-century hacks presage a 21st-century example ... was sent to the local dance by her father in a coach with two servants and a pedometer in her pocket. As the paper reported, “When ...