For the next three weeks, colorful panels will adorn an exhibit in Newton’s City Hall that details the 19th-century West Newton English and Classical School, Nathaniel T. Allen’s progressive education ...

Introduction: At home in nineteenth-century America -- The emergence of the nineteenth-century domestic ideal : Excerpt from Henry Lee and Mary Lee, Letters and journals: with other family letters, ...

The documentary "The Vote," chronicling the passage of the 19th amendment, airs on PBS's "American Experience" on Monday and Tuesday. Michelle Ferrari received her undergraduate and graduate degrees ...

When Taylor Barton first learned about pioneering 19th-century nurse Clara Barton, she wondered whether their common last name might not be just a coincidence. “I’ve always been interested in the Red ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A racist flare-up in a beachside Sydney suburb hit the global spotlight nine years ago, besmirching Australia's reputation as a sun-drenched oasis wooing migrants from around the ...