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John Harvey Kellogg was arguably the most famous physician of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He introduced…

The people of the Victorian era had a very specific fear: poison murder.

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I’m covered in flop sweat, my hands are shaking, and an itchy flush in my cheeks hints that tears are just moments…

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Philadelphia-born Ida C. Craddock was a 19th century writer and free thinker who claimed to be married to a man from…

If a hoop skirt strikes you as an unlikely agent of feminist change, you'd be in good company. But an exhibit at…