Rosanna Cooney explored our obsession with saunas in her book, Sweathouse. As part of her research, she discovered its ...

Phillis Wheatley Peters was a witness to history before the United States was a reality. Her story and its commemoration will be revealed in Dr. Alexandria Russell’s public lecture, “Black Women’s ...

September 19 has long been a date marked by events that have shaped the course of history across the globe.Moving back in time, on September 19, 1893, ...

In a new book, “ Unholy Sensations: A Story of Sex, Scandal and California’s First Cult Scare ” (Oxford University Press, ...

Just over a century ago, in August of 1920, American women won the constitutional right to vote, thanks to the passing and ratification of the 19th Amendment. What many don’t realize, however, is that ...

As Latinas, we have the great privilege of living in a country where freedom and opportunity make it possible to thrive.

Lady Charlotte Schreiber, one of the most important collectors of ceramics in 19th-century England, is the subject of a new ...

Women in Alexandria also considered parasols an essential accessory during the Victorian era. Wealthy residents would await the latest European fashion arrivals at the port of Alexandria. The city was ...

Zionism is a nationalist movement, I insisted, and like other nationalist movements, it has a story rooted in the 19th ...

President Trump’s U.K. state visit this week won’t include the Scottish island where his late immigrant mother was born. Mary ...