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Licensed to Sin: Women's Public Health and the St. Louis Social Evil Hospital
By Heather Joinville
The name "Social Evil Hospital" likely conjures images of a sinister building with dormer windows filled with darkened silhouettes and occupied by the vilest criminals imaginable. You wouldn't be totally wrong — it did in fact have dormer windows. Built in 1872, in St. Louis, Missouri, the facility originally served as a clinic where female sex workers received testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases. This followed the Social Evil...
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Historical engraving depicting a crowd gathered outside a colonial-era building with classical columns and architecture. Figures in 18th-century dress stand on the building's steps and entrance while others assemble in the foreground. The scene illustrates the public reading of the Declaration of Independence in colonial Philadelphia, a pivotal moment in American history.
"It was received with universal shouts of joy": The Declaration of…
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Black-and-white illustration of armed colonial militia confronting British soldiers on a village green, with men firing muskets amid smoke and fallen bodies in the foreground, while organized troops advance near large colonial buildings, barns, and a church steeple in the background—depicting an early Revolutionary War skirmish.
"Huzzah!" The Semiquincentennial of American Independence is Upon Us
First Posted January 2026 In June 1776, Thomas Jefferson, sequestered in a...
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Large white historic building with wraparound porches and a tall octagonal tower rising above the roofline. The structure sits beside a curved paved road, surrounded by autumn trees and shrubs. Dark gray clouds fill the sky, giving the scene an overcast atmosphere.
The Holy Ghosters: Maine's Forgotten Turn-of-the-Century Cult
Most of us have wondered if we possess the charisma required to lead a movement...
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Historic brick building with a central clock tower and arched belfry, topped by a flagpole. The symmetrical façade features tall windows and a central doorway with steps. Leafless trees and neighboring buildings frame the scene under a clear blue sky.
"...the most debasing and detestable tyranny": Rhode Island Rebels…
On the fourth day of May in 1776, the General Assembly of Rhode Island and the...
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Illustration labeled “American Stage Coach” showing a horse-drawn coach carrying passengers along a road, with a driver in front. Two white horses pull the coach at speed past a coastal landscape featuring buildings, a fence, and a body of water with a smoking ship in the distance.
"...the malignancy of others compels us to convince the Public...":…
Ambitious inn and tavern owners in the early 1800s understood the profitability...
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Illustration of two women in regency-style dresses standing in a grassy field under a tree. One in green holds a small flower while the other in a patterned red dress leans in closely, suggesting intimacy. In the background, figures work in a field near a distant village.
Before Bridgerton: How a Real-Life Regency Relationship Fascinated the World
Dearest Gentle Reader, Since 2020, Bridgerton has captivated the world with its...
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