The idea that everyone should celebrate their birthday is, weirdly, not very old itself. Not until the 19th century—perhaps around 1860 or 1880—did middle-class Americans commonly do so, and not until ...
Until 1942, the only attention 19th century Adams County artist John Quidor gained for his art was a lawsuit he won in a New York City court in 1822. Quidor’s was a hard-luck life. Even his court ...
Mary Ann Camberton Shadd (later Shadd Cary) was a pioneering Black educator, among her many roles. In the 1840s, Shadd taught at a segregated school for African American children in Norristown, ...
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