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I didn't mean this to be such a gap so long again.  I sent myself this list of links at the end of May, and here it is, nearly mid-July.  The next gap will probably be quite long again though, so I wanted to make sure I got this in before I knew I'd have a long break.  Enjoy!

Did you know the United States once had an Emperor?

Information about the work going on at Montpelier, James Madison's home.

Houdini's crusade against fortune-tellers.

Georgia O'Keefe in Hawaii.

Wife-selling

and

The weirdness about Charles II.

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With so much on my plate lately, it's been hard to find time to do anything blog related, let alone an actual post.  So here's my pathetic attempt to at least post something.

Have you heard of Princess Caraboo?

Grace Kelly, Alec Guiness, and a tomahawk.  It
sounds like a joke doesn't it? ;)

A new Oscar Wilde themed bar in New York

The 90th anniversary of the Bath School
bombing was last Thursday

I couldn't pick just one, so two articles about
the creation of Mother's Day

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Hey, it's only been a month of silence this time!  I'm improving at the moment...!

Two of the Dionne Quintuplets are speaking out against their
birthplace being moved to a fairgrounds.

A little piece about netsuke

If you don't know about the lions of Tsavo, a bit of their story

A notebook from Shakespeare's era has turned up on
the British Antiques Roadshow

"Lady Deborah Moody, the Dangerous Woman Who
Started a Colonial Town"

"The Lady of Elche"

Finally, the United States joined WWI 100 years ago this
past Thursday, April 6. Here are the stories of a few people who served.

In addition to the article above, here's a link for the PBS program "The Great War" that starts tonight.

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Another way too long break, but at least I have some articles to share!

"How Women Have Used Fashion As A Feminist

Tool Throughout History"

An article about pineapples from Mount Vernon
(last week there was an episode about pineapples
from Stuff You Missed In History)

"How has underwear shaped women's lives?"

Now that we're in the lenten season, it doesn't seem
out of place to post about the Easter Bunny.

"The Secret History of the Girl Detective"

Sketches of mid-century fashion

"Conservation of a Victorian flying machine"

"When High-Class Ladies Wore Masks That Made It
Impossible to Speak"

If you're not familiar with M.T. Anderson's books, 1) you
should be, and 2) you can watch a book trailer for his newest book
and hopefully become interested in his books.

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I knew it had been a while but I hadn't realized it has been over a month since I last posted.  The holidays and life have gotten in the way and kept me fairly busy.  Additionally the last couple weeks politically have been more than enough that I haven't felt like doing much of anything in a while.  I'm back though, just with some interesting articles, but do have plans for three or four posts coming up; they're all related to resources I've created at work, but that I found out more information about than could fit in those resources.  I'm not exactly sure of a time frame for those, but since I already have the research and just have to write the posts and find images, they should go pretty easily and will come out soon.  Now, articles!

Since there was just a Presidential Inauguration, I've had a lot of presidential
articles pop up in my various feeds.  This one's about presidential
scandals from the beginning of the U.S. until the early 20th century.

Someone I'd never heard of before: Joan Trumpauer Mulholland.  She was a
freedom rider and the first white member of Delta Sigma Theta, going
against family traditions and values.

"The Elaborate Wig-Snatching Schemes of the 18th Century"

"The Faces of Long-Gone Women Tell a New Story of the Kansas State Prison"

In Europe they're already in the midst of the World War I centennial; in the U.S.,
we're just coming up on it.  These are some British political cartoons from the period.

"The Scandalous, Narcissistic 19th-Century Countess Who Became Her Own Muse"