Social Washington: the “Colored” Aristocracy
byFrom the end of Reconstruction until the Great War, Washington was the center of the black aristocracy. Nowhere else in the United States possessed…
Politics
Sherry Thomas, author of Delicious
byI am pleased to present an interview with the very talented historical romance writer, Sherry Thomas. Her debut novel, Private Arrangements, garnered instant critical…
Ladies’ Gallery at the Commons
byLadies were excluded from the House of Commons, but a gallery, above that of those reserved for reporters, was provided. Ironically–or not?–ladies were “caged”…