Rosalind Miles Mines History to Bring Us the Women Who Dared
The author, historian, and activist talks to Shondaland about her new book, “The Women’s History of the Modern World.” “As a child, I cannot remember when I realized that to…
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Review of THE LAST ODYSSEY and Interview With James Rollins
What if the journeys in Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey were real? That’s the premise behind New York Times bestselling author James Rollins’s latest thriller, THE LAST ODYSSEY, book 15 in the Sigma Force series. Since the…
History Unleashed – Saint Virginia, Part 2
In 1911, Virginia Johnson had finally raised enough money to buy a permanent rescue home – eighteen acres of land in Oak Cliff at the corner of Paige and Madison…
History Unleashed-Prostitution in the 19th Century
In anticipation of the publication of Life Before, I thought I’d share some interesting historical information about some of the issues dealt with in the book – prostitution, social reform,…