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Cat-O-Nine Tails Whip Long 19th- 20th centuries / November 20, 2024 / history of race, military history, social history, weapons This cruel object is a Cat-O-Nine-Tails whip, dating from about 1860. Slave owners from the American South used whips like these against the people they…
Jerry Morris and the Discovery That Exercise Is Good for You History of Science, Long 19th- 20th centuries / August 22, 2023 / medicine “We in the West are the first generation in human history in which the mass of the population has to deliberately exercise to be healthy.”…
Hillman Hall at Carnegie Museum of Natural History History of Science, Live Reporting, Long 19th- 20th centuries / September 16, 2024 / environmental history This first photo shows two of the roughly 1,300 specimens of minerals and gems on display in the Hillman Hall of Minerals and Gems at…
Irish Songs of Memory and Activism Fabulous Females, Long 19th- 20th centuries / September 9, 2024 / art, political history, warfare, weapons, women's history This is a post about two Irish songs that deal with memory. 1994 was the release date of The Cranberries’ “Zombie” and Sinead O’Connor’s “Famine,”…
