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Rick Rescorla. Story of a hero.

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Historical Snapshots

“Stop crying. I have to get these people out safely. If something should happen to me, I want you to know I’ve never been happier. You made my life.” These were...

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Victoria Woodhull – first woman to run for President

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Historical Snapshots

“There is something wrong with a government that makes women the legal property of their husbands. The whole system needs changing, but men will never make the ...

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The short story of aviator Bessie Coleman

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Historical Snapshots

“The air is the only place free from prejudices. I knew we had no aviators, neither men nor women, and I knew the Race needed to be represented along this most ...

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President Roosevelt gives speech after being shot

Posted on August 23, 2020 by Historical Snapshots

“Friends, I shall ask you to be as quiet as possible. I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot—but it takes more than that to ...

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Alice Stebbins Wells – first U.S. woman with arrest powers

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Historical Snapshots

Alice Stebbins Wells was born in Kansas and educated at Oberlin College, where she studied the need for female police officers. She then went to the Hartford Th...

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The love of Isidor and Ida Straus

Posted on August 18, 2020 by Historical Snapshots

“I will not be separated from my husband. As we have lived, so will we die, together.” Isidor Straus was co-owner of Macy’s Department Store. Ida Straus was a h...

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Ida Tarbell – A Snapshot Biography

Posted on June 7, 2020 by Historical Snapshots

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A snapshot biography of Julia Morgan

Posted on August 14, 2018 by Historical Snapshots

“To design is much more than simply to assemble, to order, or even to edit; it is to add value and meaning, to illuminate, to simplify, to clarify, to dig...

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