Within a year, another child was often born, with no anesthesia, but with a neighboring woman's help. Pioneer women usually found the event to be a difficult trial, accompanied not only by the pain of the delivery but also the risk of injury, infection and disease, both for her and the...
For nearly 50 years the Smith Tower was the tallest building west of the Mississippi, and while today it isn’t even the tallest in Seattle, the views from its 35th-floor observation deck are still impressive. On a clear day, you can see the and Cascade mountain ranges, Mount Rainier and...
Mrs. Stanton was the most brilliant conversa- tionalist I have ever known; and the best talk I have heard anywhere was that to which I used to listen in the home of Mrs. Eliza Wright Osborne, in Auburn, New York, when Mrs. Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Emily Howland, Elizabeth Smith ...
[BRYAN] came to manhood who left his father in Ireland and came to Pensylvania in Amerrica where he married a woman by the name of MARTHA STRODE the daughter of a man by the name of Strode a Hollander who had moved to France where he resided with his wife untill he had three ...
New England of the West You and 3 friends can stay the night in a covered wagon...totally like pioneer times. The covered wagon is located in Vergas on the north shore of Rose Lake. You've got access to a grill, fire pit, bathrooms and a table. This sounds like an epic adventure...
Brigham Young was an American religious leader, second president of the Mormon church, and colonizer who significantly influenced the development of the American West. A carpenter, joiner, painter, and glazier, Young settled in 1829 at Mendon, New York,
Hannah Höch(born November 1, 1889,Gotha, Thuringia, Germany—died May 31, 1978,West Berlin,West Germany(now part of Berlin, Germany) was a German artist, the only woman associated with theBerlinDadagroup, known for her provocativephotomontagecompositionsthat exploreWeimar-eraperceptions ofgenderan...
woman studying with the painter William Merritt Chase at the Art Students League in New York. Her husband, Fred, was a huge fan of his wife and her abilities, and although as a salesman for much of his life he was often traveling, he fully supported and encouraged her work. They had ...