History Now Essay The Great 1927 Mississippi River Flood John M. Barry Geography, Government and Civics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math In the latter part of August 1926, the sky darkened over much of the central United States and a heavy and persistent rain began to fall. Rain pelted first Nebraska, South Dakota, Kansas, and Oklahoma, then edged eastward into Iowa... Appears in: 40 | Disasters in Modern American History Fall 2014
News Re-envision Women's History with Professors Carol Berkin and Catherine Clinton Professors Carol Berkin and Catherine Clinton have revolutionized the field of American women’s history in their academic careers. Berkin struggled against a generation that believed incorrectly that there were no primary sources to...