During WW I, when famine loomed, Herbert Hoover masterminded a global relief effort that saved millions.
Read MoreBroadway’s biggest hit celebrates the Founding Father, but without Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, there would have been no “Hamilton.”
Read MoreFrom “behind the curtain of my mind,” the fabulous Belle da Costa Greene masterminded the Morgan Library.
Read MoreWhen he crossed America by convoy in 1919, the future president saw the need for “broader ribbons across our land.” The seed of our interstate highways was planted.
Read MoreBeloved dogs abound but none captured hearts like Rin-tin-tin. Not even Hollywood could make this up.
Read MoreWhen a radical Mexican muralist began to paint at Dartmouth, some wanted his work destroyed. The college president refused.
Read MoreThe astronauts rehearsed every maneuver for the moon landing, except planting the flag. Oops!
Read MoreWhen the Massachusetts team went South, its star black player came face-to-face with Jim Crow. And guess what the whole team did for Bunny?
Read MoreFew battles had been so mismatched. A billionaire tycoon vs. a woman with a pen. The winner?
Read MoreWhen the D.A.R. turned Marian Anderson away, Eleanor Roosevelt and friends found a better venue.
Read MoreBullied into silence, Congress got a lesson in integrity from Senator Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME).
Read MoreAs the first woman in Congress, Montana's Jeannette Rankin had many goals. But war intervened -- twice.
Read MoreLong before Martin Luther King, W.E.B. DuBois had a dream.
Read MoreRadio news was dead on arrival until Edward R. Murrow went live from the rooftops of London. Hear it Now — his live reports.
Read MoreWhen the president and the naturalist camped in Yosemite, America got greener.
Read MoreWomen had marched, picketed protested for 70 years. Then the Silent Sentinels were jailed, tortured, force fed. And you’re too busy to vote? (As seen in “Iron Jawed Angels.”)
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