Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and Agnes Kemp, who fought for equality, left marks on Harrisburg that are still visible today.

Scotland abolished its archaic system of feudal land ownership in 2000 ... the current landholding system in some ways echoes the 19th-century model, just with corporations in place of feudal ...

When you live in Ireland, you can close your eyes to the real life cost of wealth, policy adviser with Trocaire Chris O’Connell said.

We can’t start to clear away the blockers until we understand how we erected them in the first place; Michael Dnes details ...

The system which flourished in Mysore province under the patronage of Wadiyars at a point of time started seeing opposition by the 19th century due ... eight mattars of land, 1,000 cows and ...

In the 19th century, any sturdy lad from the East Coast or Midwest could pack a wagon and light out for the territories. The Homestead Act of 1862 handed out 1.6 million parcels of federal land in ...

In the late 19th century, as more men worked as clerks and professionals, many feared they’d let atrophy the muscle and brawn it took to break the land ... in churches and reform organizations ...

Today’s civil service is the product of hard-fought reforms advocated for by working ... Throughout the 19th century, the U.S. government was rife with cases of similar malfeasance.