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The official acknowledgement that gave women the right to vote came to a successful resolution 100 years ago this month. After the state of Tennessee ratified the 19th Amendment on August 18, 1920, the two-thirds requirement to make it law was satisfied. Eight days later, the Constitution was formally modified to reflect the change. Historical […]

On August 26, 1920, Secretary of State, Bainbridge Colby, signed the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution into the law of the land: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.”

Anne Roiphe’s EPILOGUE: A MEMOIR; acclimating to widowhood and dating; lunches and coffee dates; and inexpungable loneliness; by the author of Up the Sandbox. Sidney Sheldon’s THE OTHER SIDE OF ME: A MEMOIR; depression, near-suicide, and success; Sinatra, Berlin, Monroe; The Patty Duke Show, I Dream of Jeannie, and a late career that generated book sales […]

By August 1782, the American Revolution was over, John Adams was in Paris toiling over a peace agreement, and George Washington was taking a respite from his duties as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. After contemplating the six years of valor, bravery, and privations he had gotten from his troops, the General decided […]

Isadora Wing’s sexual adventures continue; the sequel to Fear of Flying.

In 1952 the playwright was accused by Congress for having ties to the Communist party. Forced to testify, she refused to incriminate herself or others, and was blacklisted.
Volume 3 of her memoirs.

Rona Jaffe’s CLASS REUNION; a group of girls forms friendships at Radcliffe in the 1950s.

A popular high school student slides into drug abuse and occult worship.

“We have lift off!” Destination: The Moon. With astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, and Michael Collins aboard, Apollo 11 was launched on July 16, 1969 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Seventy-six hours and 240,000 miles later, they entered lunar orbit and started preparations for Neil Armstrong’s moon walk. The following day, Armstrong piloted the landing […]

The wealthy Rex Fortescue suddenly falls dead at a tea, and Miss Marple investigates.