A preserved specimen in a glass jar

Preserving the Past: Natural History in North America

A look at early natural history collection methods.
Courtesy of D. Joshua Taylor

The Influenza Epidemic of 1918 and Your Ancestors

The Influenza Epidemic of 1918 was a global catastrophe that is estimated to have killed between 40 and 50 million people.
Framed photograph of a woman in red

Historian Elizabeth A. Fenn on the Mandans

Early work from historian Elizabeth A. Fenn.
gravestone

The Genealogy Factor: Graveyards & Gravestones

This is the first in a series of columns by Genealogy Roadshow host Josh Taylor about doing genealogical research on JSTOR.
Outhouse in the forest

Privies: Vaults of the Past

Privies were the standard urban and rural toilet right into the 20th century in the U.S.
Gerda Lerner

Dispatches From the Beginning of Women’s History

The origins of Women's History Month.
Female prisoners at Parchman sewing, c. 1930 
By Mississippi Department of Archives and History [see page for license], via Wikimedia Commons

A History of Women’s Prisons

While women's prisons historically emphasized the virtues of traditional femininity, the conditions of these prisons were abominable.
Close-up of "Just Married" sign attached on convertible car's trunk. Horizontal shot.

A Threat to “Traditional Marriage” in the 1920s

The view of "traditional marriage" has been under attack since long before anyone imagined state-sanctioned gay and lesbian unions
A group of protesters holding a large sign reading, "Je suis Charlie."

A Cultural History of Satirical Cartoons and Censorship

Articles in JSTOR illuminate the long history of satirical cartoons and censorship.
"I Have a Dream". engraved on a step of the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Paradox of Nonviolence

Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Nobel Peace Prize was controversial—and that controversy had nothing to do with his age.