A Rebel with Every Cause
The extraordinary insurrections of Gustave Paul Cluseret.
History Matters
Thoughts, opinions and commentary on all things historical.
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No Girl Left Behind
While science and medicine advance, myths around menstruation persist.
The Switzerland of Latin America
The impact and long-term legacy of Uruguay’s progressive leader.
Armenia’s Warrior Queen
Why are medieval women largely absent from current discussions of Armenia’s past?
More than a Memory
Oradour-sur-Glane is now known as a memorial to a brutal massacre, but the lives of its inhabitants have been neglected.
The First Soviet in Ireland
Striking for better working conditions and equal pay, the attendants and patients of Monaghan asylum took over the hospital and hoisted a red flag.
Contrabands of War
A new term inadvertently changed the way people thought about runaway slaves.
Got (Breast) Milk?
The act of breastfeeding has been used as a powerful image of propaganda, but can it also be an image of empowerment?
The End of Turtle Soup
How food fashion changed the economy of the Cayman Islands.
The Morality of Medicine
The rise of laboratory science in the late 19th century put stark focus on the moral cost of medical innovation.