by Evelyn Pesantez | Apr 27, 2026
In July 1848, the Declaration of Sentiments was written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and other women at the Seneca Falls Convention event in Seneca Falls, New York [1]. This historical document was created to address the unfairness women faced in society, as well...
by Hannah Baik | Apr 27, 2026
Historical Source Analysis – The “Golden Spike” Ceremony On May 10th, 1869, in Promontory Summit, Utah, a photograph of the “Golden Spike Ceremony” was taken.[1] This monumental achievement marked by a golden spike driven into the ground, celebrated the completion of...
by Alyssa Castillo | Apr 26, 2026
Mark Twain is widely recognized for his masterful authorship, most notably for what is often called “the great American novel,” The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884). Yet before the publication of his most celebrated work, Twain laid essential groundwork with The...
by Kayla Melidones | Apr 25, 2026
It is important for society to recognize the women who worked in textile factories, especially the women in Lowell, Massachusetts, during the 1840s. A historical source from the 1840s, The Lowell Offering, which was a magazine written by mill girls themselves,...
by Zohair Rasheed | Apr 23, 2026
This political cartoon, published by a San Francisco Lithography firm called White and Bauer, between 1860 and 1869, captures the widespread fear and prejudice Americans had towards the waves of new immigrants entering the United States during the mid 1800s. The...