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Martha Saxton, Historian Who Explored Women’s Lives, Dies at 77
The historian’s penetrating exploration of women’s lives has led to new insights into figures from author Louisa May Alcott to…
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Wolfgang Schivelbusch, Polymathic Cultural Historian, Dies at 81
Have you ever wondered why American railroad tracks are winding but British railroad tracks are usually straight? What was the…
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Mary Fuller McChesney, Bay Area Artist and Historian, Dies at 99
Mary Fuller Matchesney was teaching the arts of adult education in Port Richmond, California when she was forced to make…
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John Merriman, Eminent Historian of France, Is Dead at 75
An indomitable researcher, he wrote books on terrorists, anarchists, leftists, and the general public, and spent a lot of time…
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