by Julianna Pansini | Nov 30, 2021
The Votes for women bandwagon political cartoon provided by the Library of Congress best describes the state of America, for women, around the twentieth century. The Women’s Suffrage Movement was established because “nineteenth and early twentieth century women who...
by Courtney Kerrigan | Nov 30, 2021
The war poster, “Soldiers Without Guns” was created by Adolph Treidler in 1944 during end of World War II. Published by the U.S Government Printing Office, this poster is just one example of the propaganda used during this time period to implore more women to join the...
by Tory James | Nov 30, 2021
Imagine living in the United States as a Black male in the 21st century. Suppose you are with a group of friends and dare you to ask a white woman out on a date. The dare seems simple enough, right? Chances are the white woman responds with a “yes” or “no.” No harm...
by Deloris Hynes | Nov 30, 2021
This historical source is a photograph of a 14-year-old newsie taken by sociologist and muckraker photographer Lewis Wickes Hine in February 1910. Hine produced over a hundred photographs documenting child labor in the United States which was instrumental to the...
by Lauren Conahan | Nov 30, 2021
This image pictures an excited Helen Keller holding two-year old and fellow passenger Donald Hart on board the ocean linear Independence after the ship docked in New York. It was captured by photographer, Ed Ford in 1956. The 1950s in the United States were a decade...