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The Daring 19th-Century Reformers Who Sought to End Prostitution by Offering Financial and Emotional Support to Urban Sex Workers
Led entirely by women, the American Female Moral Reform Society gave material aid to those in need and pushed for men to be ...
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How 19th-Century Guidebooks Shaped the Way Visitors Saw New York
“New York City has always intrigued me,” writes ... understanding of how the city grew and described itself over the 19th century and the first part of the 20th century. When you get into ...
New York poised to place Harriet Tubman in US Capitol
ALBANY, New York — Gov. Kathy Hochul’s lifelong obsession with Harriet Tubman is propelling an effort to place a statue of ...
A Fungi Pioneer’s Lifelong Work on Exhibit
Murals made by museum artists illustrate the biology of fungi, the role they play in the ecosystem and their evolutionary ...
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A train station is at the heart of this NYC suburb’s downtown revitalization
New Rochelle, New York, has attracted $2 billion in development and seen its population grow over 7% in five years. Now, a ...
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19th Century America: Stagecoach Travel & Blacksmith Life in New York
The film recounts the travel adventures of a young blacksmith's apprentice in the early 1840s as he embarks on a journey from his village in Eastern New York to join his family in Illinois.