by Rich Wandschneider | Sep 29, 2024 | American Indian history, General Allotment Act, Henry Spalding, Jefferson, Jefferson Bible, Jill Lepore, Manifest Destiny, Uncategorized
In the July-August 2024 issue of the Smithsonian magazine, in an article on “Mapping the Mississippi,” Boyce Uphold writes of Thomas Jefferson: “Jefferson had formed a vision for new territory west of the Appalachian Mountains. It would fuel the creation of an ‘empire...
by Rich Wandschneider | Aug 5, 2019 | Alice Fletcher, Bessie Coleman, Bessie Halladay, Bonnie McCarroll, General Allotment Act, Jane Gay, Mardy Murie, Out of the Shadows
I have a theory—that women have often stepped into new fields as they emerged and were not yet dominated by men. Mostly–but not always–for good. And usually men have come along to restore the hierarchical order and women have been pushed aside in any...
