Led entirely by women, the American Female Moral Reform Society gave material aid to those in need and pushed for men to be ...

Historically, factory jobs were low paying and grueling. In fact, manufacturing flourished times of economic despair.

A partnership between RIT history department, RIT Press, and the Rochester Public Library relaunched the Rochester History ...

Richard White, the historian and author of "The Republic for Which It Stands," explains what made the late 19th century ...

Explore Charlotte's breathtaking architectural gems from the historic Mint Museum to the modern Bechtler, showcasing the ...

Innovation, capital, and labor powered U.S. industrial advances, not trade barriers. President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs--and his promised trade agenda—draw partly from a narrative ...

Upon opening, Morse and Draper’s venture was only the second of its kind in New York, but within months studios had popped up all across the city and ... of this mid-19th-century energy.

The studio was Golder & Robinson, on Broadway, New York City, also known for ... As Miles Orvell writes in American Photography (2003): "Nature, in this 19th-Century context, was land to claim ...

By the mid-19th century, the proud young country wanted a voice of its own. Over the next 50 years, it produced one.