The 1910s marked the birth of movie stardom, with women playing a central role in shaping this new form of entertainment. In ...

On Oct. 23, 1910, Blanche Stuart Scott became the first American woman to make a solo public flight when she flew across the Fort Wayne Driving Association's field. She sailed 12 feet above the ground ...

Elsa von Freytag Loringhoven (Credit: Library of Congress, Washington, DC) According to a new book, New York's transformation in the 20th Century into a vibrant, modern city is largely thanks to a ...

Aug. 18 marks the centennial of women’s suffrage becoming federal law in the United States. It was an achievement 70 years in the making, and one in which Illinois would play a memorably documented ...

Harriet Quimby was the first American woman to get a pilot's license. It was 1910; women could not even vote, but Quimby wanted to see the world. Now for a story about another kind of traveler. This ...

For some, it's the last real taste of innocence, and the first real taste of life.

Just days before Black Friday 2023, I learned about the Black Friday of 1910 — the one that has nothing to do with great sales and American consumerism, but, instead, is a historic day that marks a ...

On the afternoon of May 28, 1903, Leoti Blaker, a young Kansan touring New York City, boarded a Fifth Avenue stagecoach at 23 rd Street and settled in for the ride. The coach was crowded, and when it ...

According to a new book, New York's transformation in the 20th Century into a vibrant, modern city is largely thanks to a cohort of radical women artists who were overlooked by history, writes Cath ...