How a Paragraph Helped Win the War
/Paragraph 6 of the Emancipation Proclamation ushered in a new era. Here's how.
Read MoreBlogging about abolitionist Julia Wilbur, the Civil War, Alexandria, women's rights, and more
Paragraph 6 of the Emancipation Proclamation ushered in a new era. Here's how.
Read MoreSo many boxes, so little time! How to make the best use of a trip to an archives.
Read MoreWhat will a trip to the Kiplinger Library at the DC Historical Society (future home of an Apple Store) reveal?
Read MoreAt Signature Theatre in Arlington, high school students learn how century-old suffrage protests resonate today.
Read MoreHarriet Tubman in her mid-40s--a newly discovered photo that is a real gem!
Read MoreAbolitionists sought to "grab your wallet" through non-slave labor products like sorghum.
Read MoreJulia Ward Howe & Julia Wilbur traveled in different circles--but they did connect at least once.
Read MoreA few notes from Heroines of Mercy Street, by Pamela Toler.
Read MoreThe story behind 6 Mathew Brady photos of Civil War, Alexandria.
Read MoreWell before Facebook and Twitter, 19th-century activists still connected and mobilized.
Read MoreNo protest marches in Julia Wilbur's life, but she was there in spirit.
Read MoreA month or so ago, I got a peek at episode #1 at a roundtable with the producer.
Read MoreStaying warm took ingenuity--including a contraption called a Crimean Oven.
Read MoreCharleston and Savannah, History and Food!
Read MoreThings were relatively quite in Alexandria in December 1862. Then the wounded started coming up from Fredericksburg by the boat-ful.
Read MoreWe feted at the National Press Gallery.
Read MoreWe (and in 1863, Julia Wilbur) visited Bull Run, fellow battlefield tourists.
Read MoreIn 1861, Julia Wilbur celebrated Thanksiving quietly in New York State. The following year was a different story.
Read MoreI took part in a November 19 ceremony to inaugurate a historical marker at the location of L'Ouverture Hospital in Alexandria.
Read MoreI (and Julia Wilbur, in spirit) tagged along on a National Women's History Museum walking tour of Alexandria Civil War women.
Read MorePaula Tarnapol Whitacre's website with a focus on her forthcoming biography on abolitionist Julia Wilbur.