On Oct. 23, 1910, Blanche Stuart Scott became the first American woman to make a solo public flight when she flew across the Fort Wayne Driving Association's field. She sailed 12 feet above the ground ...

Elsa von Freytag Loringhoven (Credit: Library of Congress, Washington, DC) According to a new book, New York's transformation in the 20th Century into a vibrant, modern city is largely thanks to a ...

Aug. 18 marks the centennial of women’s suffrage becoming federal law in the United States. It was an achievement 70 years in the making, and one in which Illinois would play a memorably documented ...

Harriet Quimby was the first American woman to get a pilot's license. It was 1910; women could not even vote, but Quimby wanted to see the world. Now for a story about another kind of traveler. This ...

Just days before Black Friday 2023, I learned about the Black Friday of 1910 — the one that has nothing to do with great sales and American consumerism, but, instead, is a historic day that marks a ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Postcard with an image of the Grand ...

For some, it's the last real taste of innocence, and the first real taste of life.

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The records concerning the Sculpture by Women exhibition measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1910. Materials relate to the exhibition held at ...

On the afternoon of May 28, 1903, Leoti Blaker, a young Kansan touring New York City, boarded a Fifth Avenue stagecoach at 23 rd Street and settled in for the ride. The coach was crowded, and when it ...

According to a new book, New York's transformation in the 20th Century into a vibrant, modern city is largely thanks to a cohort of radical women artists who were overlooked by history, writes Cath ...