100th Anniversary of the Women’s Suffrage March on Washington
byMuch of the discussion about women’s suffrage tends to focus on England, the Pankhursts, and their militant tactics, but the battle for the vote…
Washington D.C.
Fascinating Women: Victoria Sackville-West
byThe life of Victoria Sackville-West is fascinating and scandalous. She was the illegitimate daughter of Lionel Sackville-West, a diplomat, and his Andalusian mistress, Josefa…
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…