Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and Agnes Kemp sought equal rights for women. In their travels, these 19th-century figures lectured about abolition, temperance and women’s suffrage to a variety of ...

The old box was labeled “banner” and as I had been working through the textile collection (with many more boxes to go) I had moved and opened it several times. The banner was small and not very ...

WITH THE EMERGENCE of a national temperance movement in the 1820s, Rochester residents who were concerned about the ill-effects of drunkenness found a voice in their community. They began speaking out ...

Pope Francis rides in the popemobile after his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 17, 2024. (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza) Below is the text of Pope Francis’ weekly ...

2002-03-31 04:00:00 PDT Muranga District, Kenya-- Bar owner Paul Minua knows this much: Hell hath no fury like women scorned, neglected and abused by their drunken husbands. Minua, 35, was tending his ...

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