Top of page
Posted by: Amber Paranick
Marguerite Harrison is a name you might not recognize. Under the guise of a newspaper correspondent, she was an American woman who worked as a spy in Europe and Asia in the years between World War I and World War II. This post illustrates her life in newspapers articles- some penned by her and others about her.
Posted in: Biography, Digitized Newspapers, Women's History
Posted by: Heather Thomas
The Edwardian era bride was expected to be the image of modesty. High necklines, long gloves, and ruffled petticoats were prominent to achieve head to toe coverage. While the fashionable silhouette shifted from the idealized S-shape of a Gibson Girl to a more A-line shape over time, satin, ruffles, and lace reigned supreme throughout the …
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Fashion, Newspapers, Women's History
Posted by: Amber Paranick
“Could I pass a week in the insane ward at Blackwell’s Island? I said I could and I would. And I did.” In 1887, investigative journalist for the New York World newspaper Nellie Bly went undercover to expose the dreadful conditions at the Women’s Lunatic Asylum, a mental institution on Blackwell’s Island. Read more about Bly’s fearless investigation and how her work forever changed the field of journalism.
Posted in: Biography, Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers, Women's History
Posted by: Malea Walker
65 years ago, Ayn Rand published her novel Atlas Shrugged. From novels to newspapers, pulp fiction to periodicals, read more about how the popular and controversial author made her voice heard.
Posted in: Biography, Digitized Newspapers, Pulp Fiction, Women's History
Posted by: Mike Queen
Before you stream Ms. Marvel, here’s a sneak peek at the comic book series that inspired the new series. Ms. Marvel is just one of many diverse comic books available in the Library of Congress’ collection of 12,000 plus titles and over 160,000 original print issues. They span genres from Black to Latinx to LGBTQ+ …
Posted in: Comic Books, Women's History
Posted by: Amber Paranick
The youthful beginnings of a female ancestor are revealed and reanimated by the social columns of her hometown newspaper.
Posted in: Biography, Digitized Newspapers, Genealogy, Newspapers, Women's History
Posted by: Malea Walker
The following is a guest post from Meg Metcalf, a reference librarian in the Main Reading Room, currently on detail in the Serial and Government Publications Division. “Margaret Jessie Chung has Aspirations,” the Los Angeles Herald headline read on October 10, 1905. Margaret was a 16-year-old, first-generation Chinese American who was teaching English in the …
Posted in: Asian American History, Biography, Digitized Newspapers, LGBTQ+, Newspapers, Women's History
Posted by: Heather Thomas
Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997) was a Chinese-born American physicist who worked on the covert Manhattan Project developing the first nuclear weapons for the U.S. during WWII and later conducted a landmark experiment that established her as one of the premier experimental physicists in history.
Posted in: Asian American History, Biography, Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers, Women's History
Posted by: Amber Paranick
Toni Stone was the first woman in history to play regularly in a major men’s professional baseball league.
Posted in: African American History, Baseball, Biography, Newspapers, Sports, Women's History