News New Exhibitions Featuring Gilder Lehrman Materials on Civil and Voting Rights for African Americans New-York Historical Society and Morgan Library Exhibitions Display Gilder Lehrman Collection Documents Opening on Tuesday, November 13, 2018 African American Voting Rights , an exhibit featuring materials from the Gilder Lehrman...
History Now Essay Iran and the United States in the Cold War Malcolm Byrne Religion and Philosophy, World History 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ As the latest wave of revolutionary uncertainty sweeps across the Middle East, Iran remains one of the region’s biggest question marks. The Islamic regime that temporarily crushed the Green Movement after Iran’s controversial... Appears in: 27 | The Cold War Spring 2011
History Now Essay Ralph W. Kirkham: A Christian Soldier in the US-Mexican War Amy S. Greenberg World History 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ North of Mexico’s border, most Americans know the 1846 conflict that established that boundary (if they know it at all) as the training ground for Civil War heroes. Generals Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Stonewall Jackson, and... Appears in: 43 | Wartime Memoirs and Letters from the American Revolution to Vietnam Fall 2015
Spotlight on: Primary Source Diary of World War I nurse Ella Osborn, 1918–1919 World History 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 At the outbreak of World War I, Ella Jane Osborn was a surgical nurse at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. In January 1918, she volunteered to serve with the American Expeditionary Forces as a member of the Red Cross’s nursing...
Lesson Plan Beyond Rosie the Riveter: Women's Contributions During World War II Art, Economics, Government and Civics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math 9, 10, 11, 12 Overview Although often understated, the social, economic, and political contributions of American women have all had profound effects on the course of this nation. For evidence of this, one needs to look no further than the many...