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Women’s History
"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 StorytellerDecember 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 31 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: Washington
New Hampshire Tidbit: There is NO President’s Day in February
Today is really a day to celebrate George Washington’s Birthday. Both the federal and New Hampshire wording of the law calls it Washington’s Birthday. So why are we allowing this amazing day to be ‘watered down’ by calling it something … Continue reading
Posted in History, Holidays, NH Tidbits
Tagged birthday, celebrate, Day, federal, Hampshire, holiday, Lincoln, Lincoln's, new, New Hampshire, NH, President, presidents, state, Washington, Washington's
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2016 Black History Month in New Hampshire
Today New Hampshire’s population is 93% white with African-Americans making up about 1.4% of residents (the rest being Hispanic and Asian). In the early years of the New Hampshire colony, and throughout our State’s history, the number of non-Caucasian residents … Continue reading
Posted in History, New Hampshire Men, New Hampshire Women, NH Persons of Color
Tagged black, black state, Bloemen, candidate, color, Congress, Cunningham, first, free, Greenville, Hampshire, Henry, history, Hudson, James, Johnson, Lawrence, magician, month, negro, new, New Hampshire, NH, opera, people, Portsmouth, representative, Richardson, runaway, singer, slave, Trail, Valerie, Vanessa, Washington
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The Early History of Manchester New Hampshire’s Hesser Business College (now Mount Washington College) and the Hesser Family
The small business school started in Manchester, New Hampshire by Joel Harter Hesser on 1 June 1900 (for the first few years called simply “Hesser School”) still exists, though it no longer bears its founder’s name. [Editor’s note: At the … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Men, New Hampshire Women
Tagged building, business, college, commercial, Concord, early, Elm, facility, Fellows, Gladys, Hesser, history, Joel, Lowell, Manchester, Mount, Mt, New Hampshire, NH, odd, penmanship, school, shorthand, Street, typing, Washington
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New Hampshire Missing Places: Dome Mount aka Pleasant Dome aka Mount Pleasant
New Hampshire has a penchant for changing things–slogans, and place names especially. It’s “in with the new and out with the old!” As you’ve possibly guessed (as it is the case in most of my “Missing Places” posts) the mountain … Continue reading
Posted in History, N.H. Missing Places, New Hampshire Politics
Tagged 1969, Clay, Dome, Eisenhower, Mount, mountain, Mt, name, New Hampshire, NH, Pleasant, Presidential, Range, Reagan, rename, Washington
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New Durham New Hampshire’s Educator, Lawyer, Suffragist, Humanitarian and Author: Marilla Marks (Young) Ricker (1840-1920)
“I’m going to run for governor [of New Hampshire], although I have not the slightest idea of ever becoming governor,” announced Mrs. Ricker… I’m running for governor in order to get people into the habit of thinking of women as … Continue reading
Posted in History, New Hampshire Politics, New Hampshire Women
Tagged agnostic, ambassador, attorney, author, California, DC, diplomat, District of Columbia, Dover, Durham, first, free thinker, Governor, John, lawyer, Marilla, New Durham, New Hampshire, NH, poor, Ricker, right, seacoast, suffrage, suffragist, vote, Washington, woman, writer, Young
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