Bloomer suits, such as this one, became popular during the first wave of feminism. Bloomers were named after Amelia Bloomer who wrote about and supported the outfit in her magazine, The Lily. Photo ...

“But neither our wives, our sisters, our daughters, nor our sweethearts,” Albert G. Spalding, pioneering baseball player, writer and founder of the sporting goods company that bears his name, “may ...

Paul Cézanne always knew he wanted to be an artist. His father compelled him to enter law school, but after two desultory years he withdrew. In 1861, at the age of 22, he went to Paris to pursue his ...

Whether one prefers pretty boys to rugged types, or strong-featured women to doe-eyed waifs, may reveal more about a person than we realize. R. Elisabeth Cornwell, a researcher at Scotland's ...

Learning how to grow snowdrops is so easy, you'll wonder why you never did before. Their nodding heads appear from January ...

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