Spotlight on: Primary Source Lowell Mill Girls and the factory system, 1840 Economics Lowell, Massachusetts, named in honor of Francis Cabot Lowell, was founded in the early 1820s as a planned town for the manufacture of textiles. It introduced a new system of integrated manufacturing to the United States and...
News Classroom and Parent Resources for Presidents' Day Presidents’ Day, celebrated on the third Monday in February, recognizes the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, ten days apart from each other. We offer many classroom and home study resources for learning more, not...
History Now Essay Madam C. J. Walker: A Life of Reinvention Erica L. Ball Nothing about Madam C. J. Walker’s origins would suggest that she would become the most famous Black businesswoman and philanthropist of her day. Indeed, for most of her life, the woman known as Madam C. J. Walker lived in fairly... Appears in: 72 | Black Entrepreneurship in America Fall 2024
News Nine Ways to Assign Extra Credit with the Gilder Lehrman Institute We know that teachers are facing extraordinary challenges this school year and the Gilder Lehrman Institute would like to help carry the load by being an aid to teachers who are trying to keep their most committed students engaged....
History Now Essay The Scarlet Letter and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s America Brenda Wineapple Literature 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Nathaniel Hawthorne is the strange American author who has never been out of fashion; since his death in 1864, his stories and novels have resisted the tides of taste, canon reformation, and critical vicissitude. Herman Melville had... Appears in: 16 | Books That Changed History Summer 2008