How Americans Reacted to the Sinking of the RMS Luisitania

On this day just over a hundred years ago, the British passenger steam ship RMS Lusitania sank after being torpedoed by a German U-Boat killing 1,195 of those aboard — 128 of the whom were Americans. The incident forever changed the trajectory of American neutrality during WWI, a fact made evident by the intense coverage it received in the American press.

Fidan BaycoraMay 7, 2021World War I, US in World War I, Lusitania, Vanderbilt, Alfred G. Vanderbilt, Library of CongressComment

From Fashion Editor to Famous Representative: The Life of Millicent Fenwick

Milicent Fenwick was a lot of things. She was a mother, model, fashion editor, Congresswoman, and diplomat. But she was never conventional or typical. Milicent’s life was very much defined by her going her own way, however her impact on politics as a whole inspired a great deal of positive change in Congress and beyond.

Alex BrandisMarch 12, 2021Milicent Fenwick, Women's history month, Women's history, womenshistory, Lusitania, World War I, Congress, New Jersey, Wayne Hays, equal rights amendment, Bernardsville, DoonesburyComment