Balloon: Race to the Sky Game Changers 13 min readIn 1782, the dream of flying through the sky became reality, A group of daring men of science and vision took flight in the balloon. Read More
Sears Roebuck Mail Order Catalogue Game Changers 2 11 min readLong before the internet and online ordering, mail order catalogues were one of the only ways that the American rural... Read More
Waifs and Strays Game Changers 17 min readWinner of Rogue or Angel? Contest Congratulations to reader Heather Milnes, winner of The Social Historian’s Rogue or Angel? Contest... Read More
Susan B. Anthony, Suffragette Game Changers 9 min readBorn to a Quaker family on 15 February 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts, Susan Brownell Anthony was a teacher, an abolitionist,... Read More
The Past and the Present Game Changers 4 10 min readWhat is perhaps the biggest challenge for social historians is to wrap our heads around the continuum of time: around... Read More
Mishap on the Underground Railroad Game Changers 7 min readApril in 1860 began with a cold snap in Nashville, Tennessee and there were fears that the peach crop would... Read More
Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics Game Changers 14 min readCenturies ago, ordinary people lived out their days, going about their daily business, and then ultimately died, all without anyone... Read More
10 Examples of Fake News from History Game Changers 2 15 min readThis month, Facebook began prompting users in fourteen countries to read a guide on the fake news phenomenon, with a list... Read More