“No Duty But That to Herself”: American Girls in Paris
The American GIrls' club was created not only to feed and house American girls in Paris in the 1890s
Japan, the U.S, and the Perils of International Education Comparisons
Current comparisons of U.S. and Chinese educational systems echo earlier comparisons to Japan.
World War I Vets as the Vanguard of the ‘New Negro’
World War I saw several hundred thousand African-American soldiers discharged from a virulently segregated U.S. military into a virulently segregated society
“Uber for Sales” and Door-to-Door Vacuum Salesmen
The independent contractor model employed by Uber was used in the vacuum cleaner companies.
The Forgotten Pyramids of Sudan
Sudanese pyramids are far less well known by either archaeologists or the public than their Egyptian counterparts.
Class, Feminism and the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers
A paper for Pennsylvania History looked at the way elite & working-class feminists worked together to create the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers.
Richard, Prince of Instagram Appropriation
While recent media debates why and how his Instagram art sucks, Richard Prince’s appropriation has long been a controversial, hot topic.
