History in Ten

March is Women’s History Month and there are SO many incredible women in history to highlight! Today we’re looking at Laura de Force Gordon, an American lawyer, suffragist, newspaper publisher, and a passionate advocate for women’s rights.

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Do you remember the Battle of Los Angeles? No?

What about the Battle of Crete? Still no?

There are often a lot of decisive battles left out of history books because wars, especially ones as large as World War II, were full of battles. But a lot of these unknown battles heavily influenced the results of the war or, in the case of the Battle of Los Angeles, emphasize just how high tensions about a potential invasion went.

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Last week we discovered the beginnings of Los Angeles, California up to the turn of the 20th Century. This week, we step into the 1900s with a look at the media, film, music, and transportation history of the city including William Randolph Hearst, the beginnings of film and Hollywood, music's entry into LA with the Hollywood Bowl, Capitol Records, and Whisky A Go Go, plus Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh, LAX, and US Highway 66.

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We grew up studying major US and world historical events, learning about what happened in our own backyards, but did we ever learn much about other cities and states in the country?

Sure we learned about the Boston Tea Party, Chicago's meat packing industry from Upton Sinclair, and Gettysburg from the Civil War, but do we really know the history of some of the other major US cities? Or the smaller cities and towns we rarely, if ever, visit?

This is part one of the history of Los Angeles, a town I've lived in for three and a half years but knew absolutely nothing about.

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Have you ever walked or driven across a bridge and wondered just who made it and how it was made? Or have you, like me, marveled the architectural and engineering feats of New York City’s bridges, subways, and tunnels?

Did you know that much of the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge was actually monitored by a woman? Emily Warren Roebling stepped in for her husband, Washington Roebling when he fell ill during the construction of the bridge, and she saw it to completion.

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Have you ever read "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath? Did you know anything about the author, how she lived and died?

Most of us have probably picked up "The Bell Jar" at some point in our lives, whether it was an assignment for school or an independent read, but most of us don't know much about her life. Today we take a look at Sylvia Plath's life and how it influenced her works.

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Ida B. Wells. An incredible, outspoken woman who spoke out on lynchings and racial injustices in the South in the late 1800s and early 1900s. She was a force, but like so many others, her story has been swept under the rug.

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We all know the story of Little Red Riding Hood and we’ve all seen Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and the Little Mermaid, but the origins of these fairy tales are not so Disney friendly. In fact, they’re rather horrific and nightmare inducing.

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Did you watch the Timeless two hour event? I did (of course!) and I wanted to know so much more about the two time periods and places we visited in those episodes - The Gold Rush and the Hungnam Evacuation. Today's episode digs a bit deeper into the events and some of the people involved.

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Christmas is steeped in tradition that's far more than just the birth of Christ. In today's episode, we explore some Christmas traditions from both Denmark and Britain that have been passed down through my family. We also briefly recap the Timeless movie (episodes 11 and 12).

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