October 11, 1884– Eleanor Roosevelt "Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home… so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person; the neighborhood they live in; the … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Political Pioneer, Frances Perkins
1938, photo from MSNBC via YouTube April 10, 1880– Frances Perkins: "The accusation that I am a woman is incontrovertible." When you think about a New Yorker addressed as Madam Secretary, someone else's name might pop in your head. History seems to have forgotten … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Political Pioneer, Frances Perkins
April 10, 1880– Frances Perkins: The accusation that I am a woman is incontrovertible. When you think about a New Yorker addressed as Madam Secretary, someone else's name might pop in your head. History seems to have forgotten poor Frances Perkins. She was just one of the … [Read more...]
#OnThisDay: 1942, The U.S. Government Sends its Own Citizens to Internment Camps Because of Their Race (Again)
February 19, 1942- Executive Order 9066 Signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 546-word Executive Order 9066 declared the Federal Government's intent to treat the West Coast as a war zone, complete with powers that suspended some Constitutional guaranteed rights. … [Read more...]
#PictureThis: “Our Time at Foxhollow Farm” Is Real-Life Masterpiece Theater Material
My old friend, Vogue's Deputy Managing Editor, David Byars' new book is Our Time at Foxhollow Farm: A Hudson … [Read more...]
