There were no exclusions on who could attend the festival or the performances, but it is still believed women were not allowed on stage in ancient Greek theatre. This was most likely due to several factors, including, politics, education, and the overall perception of women. Ancient Greek tragedies and comedy…
Among the most significant were the lack of hospitals, laboratories, and medical libraries throughout the country. In 1900, most surgeries were still performed in the home. One hundred years ago, in 1908, health care was virtually unregulated and health insurance, nonexistent. Physicians practiced and treated patients in their homes. The…
Alabama, the Supreme Court overturned the Scottsboro convictions by a vote of 7 to 2. The majority opinion determined that the defendants were denied a fair trial due to ineffective counsel who had no time to prepare, resulting in a violation of the due process clause in the Fourteenth Amendment.…
The landscape itself, however, came into existence roughly 15,000 years ago, during the Pleistocene Epoch, when a passing glacier carved out the landscape of New York City. The land beneath this park formed during the last ice age, which began around 1.5 million years ago. There was a time when…
Apalachee, tribe of North American Indians who spoke a Muskogean language and inhabited the area in northwestern Florida between the Aucilla and Apalachicola rivers above Apalachee Bay. Were did the Apalachee tribe live? These native people migrated to Florida in the mid-1800s. They were known for their ball game, which…
The Confederates had claimed victories in July 1861 at Fort Fillmore and in February 1862 at Valverde, the river crossing near Fort Craig, but were fought to a standstill on March 26-28, 1862, in Glorieta Pass on the Santa Fe Trail while marching to capture desperately needed supplies at strategic…
In the early 1820’s the honeybee was brought to Australia aboard the ship Isabella. She arrived in our waters in 1822 and adapted so successfully that other bee species were introduced from Italy, Yugoslavia and North America. How were bees introduced to Australia? The European honey bee arrived in Australia…
The prelude to Ayub Khan’s declaring martial law in Pakistan was fraught with political tension and sectarian politics in which the political establishment of the new country alienated its citizens through controversial governance and perceived political failings. The question of whether the Ayub Khan reforms were successful is a controversial…
Between 1847 and 1868, more than 60,000 Mormons made the journey, according to LDS Church history. Were all Mormons the same? This is a question that has been asked since the beginning of Mormon history. However, there are two important distinctions between Mormon and non-Mormon settlers. Mormons began to settle…
The Kiowas, according to their traditions, were hunters living at the sources of the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers in present Montana. It was a cold region of deep snows. They hunted with bow and arrow with the dog-their only domesticated animal drawing the travois with poles attached to harness. Were…