Dec 7, 2020 | Blog, History |
Claire Rochet explores the origins of the “pink” myth, delving into research by historian Jo B. Paoletti and others.
Sep 9, 2020 | Blog, History
Seun Adigun was born on January 3, 1987, in Chicago, Illinois. A Nigerian-American, she was a bobsledder and track and field athlete who preferred to represent her ancestral homeland of Nigeria. In 2010, she won gold at the African Championships for the 100 meter...
Jul 19, 2018 | Blog, History
Program Developer Tiffany Rhoades writes about the 55th anniversary of the Leesburg Stockade, where a group of young girls were unlawfully imprisoned for protesting during the Civil Rights movement in 1963.
Jan 27, 2018 | Blog, History
January 27th is Holocaust Memorial Day, an annual commemoration of those who were persecuted and systematically murdered under the Nazi regime, remembered on 27 January as it marks the liberation of the largest Nazi death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau. The theme for the...
Nov 20, 2017 | Blog, History
Music Period: 20th Century and beyond Location: America Claim to Fame: Having her Symphony in E minor performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, an all-male orchestra. Florence Price was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, to an African-American middle class...
Nov 6, 2017 | Blog, History
Music Period: Romantic – 20th Century Location: UK & USA Claim to Fame: First female student of Charles Stanford, and the first woman to be employed by a fully professional ensemble. Rebecca Clarke was born in 1886 to a couple living in Harrow...
