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"The ongoing invisibility of women and girls is a serious issue for our country, and for the world. The invisibility of our history, heroes, stories, challenges, and success handicaps the future of all Americans, and it deeply affects our economy and our communities."--Megan Smith, U.S. Chief Technology OfficerWhat History Isn’t
“History isn’t about dates and places and wars. It’s about the people who fill the spaces between them.”
— Jodi Picoult, The StorytellerNovember 2024 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Recent Comments
- Janice Brown on Littleton New Hampshire: Kilburn Stereoscopic Views
- Valley News - Upstart prevails in Grafton County sheriff’s contest on New Hampshire’s First Woman Sheriff and Deputy Sheriffs: Helen Kenney of Concord, M. Jennie (Wood) Kendall of Nashua, and Lillian (Christian) Bryant of Conway
- Upstart prevails in Grafton County sheriff’s contest – Westlebanon Valley News on New Hampshire’s First Woman Sheriff and Deputy Sheriffs: Helen Kenney of Concord, M. Jennie (Wood) Kendall of Nashua, and Lillian (Christian) Bryant of Conway
- Friday’s Family History Finds | Empty Branches on the Family Tree on Samuel Joy and His Spite Tombstone in Durham New Hampshire
- “Mowed down like a pack of cards”: Carrie M. Hall, nurse. | American Women in World War I on Chief Nurse of WW1 Expeditionary Forces, Red Cross Chief Nurse Harvard Unit, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital School of Nursing Founder, National Association President and Pioneer of American Nursing: Nashua New Hampshire’s Carrie May Hall (1873-1963)
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Tag Archives: business
Gordon’s Fried Sea Food and Other Shops at 215 Hanover Street in Manchester NH
Yes, I realize that “Gordon’s Fried Sea Food and Other Shops at 215 Hanover Street in Manchester NH” is a long title for a blog post. However it is very fitting, because my research took me on a long, convoluted, … Continue reading
Posted in History, N.H. Missing Places, New Hampshire Men
Tagged 215 Hanover Street, baker, bakery, Burke Stark, business, fish, friend fish, Gordon, historic, history, immigrant, Jacques, Manchester, NH, old, Print, printing, restaurant, Saul Gordon
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New Hampshire: Late 19th Century Facts About Footwear
FACTS ABOUT FOOTWEAR Fashions changed; and “the whirligig of time” brings about many other things besides “revenges.” The sharply pointed toes of some of our ancestors will be along immediately. Perhaps crimson rosettes and silver buckles will follow; perhaps the … Continue reading
Posted in History, New Hampshire Women, Really Old News
Tagged business, Concord, fashion, footware, footwear, French heel, kid, opera toe, shoes, slippers, toes, women
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New Hampshire’s Burnap "Leghorn Bonnets"
A sample bonnet from the 18th century found in Connecticut. Note: this is not a photograph of the bonnets made by the Burnap sisters. Samples of leghorn straw bonnets can be found HERE.
According to the Merrimack NH town history, presented at the Bicentennial celebration in 1946 (written by my grandmother, Mattie Kilborn Webster): “The Burnap sisters, daughters of Merrimack, New Hampshire’s first minister [Jacob Burnap], had other ideas of a woman’s usefulness. It is claimed that in this Town [Merrimack] they invented the making of “Leghorn hats” or bonnets, as they were called. Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, New Hampshire Inventors, New Hampshire Women
Tagged bonnet, Burnap, business, grass, industry, Jacob, John Stark, leghorn bonnet, Merrimack, Molly, New Hampshire Historical Society, reeds, sisters, women
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New Boston New Hampshire’s Roger Ward Babson, Statistician, Eccentric Businessman, College Founder (1875-1967)
Call him kooky, or call him ingenious, and you are correct both times.
Roger Ward Babson was not a … Continue reading
Posted in New Hampshire Men
Tagged Babson College, Babson Institute, Babsons Boulders, business, college, Dogtown Common, eccentric, economics, Florida, founder, Grace Webber College, gravity, investment, Midwest Institute, New Boston, New Hampshire, Open Church Foundation, research, Robert Babson, services, social issues, statistician, stock market
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Postcard: Alma’s Tea Room, Manchester, NH
Established in 1923 by Alma M. Truesdale, Alma's Tea Room was located at the intersection of Route 3 and 28 … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Alma Truesdale, Almas Tea Room, business, Manchester, New Hampshire, tea, woman
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