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Dr. James Barry, Surgeon and Mystery
The first surgeon to perform a successful cesarean section also became the Inspector General of military hospitals. Dr. James Berry...
Kerry Chaput
Nov 13, 2022


The Beyoncé of Vaudeville
Nora Bayes was one of Vaudeville's superstars, changing how women managed their success in the early 1900s.
Kerry Chaput
Nov 2, 2022


The Bisexual Fencing Opera Singer From the 17th Century
Julie D'Aubigny was the daughter of one of France's great nobles. She lived in the Tuileries Palace where her father raised her with the...
Kerry Chaput
Oct 31, 2022


Not Your Typical Sculptor
Born in 1844, Admonia Lewis was named Wildfire. Her mother was Chippewa (Ojibwa) and her father was Haitian. She grew up in her mother's...
Kerry Chaput
Oct 31, 2022


Welcome in the Green Martians
I spent many years in school. Putting off the real world? Perhaps. Probably. But across three undergrad schools, one masters, and one...
Kerry Chaput
Sep 12, 2022


As I Watch My Children Sleep
7:30 this morning. My husband I are having coffee when he reads the news. A gunman opened fire at one of our local grocery stores at 7pm...
Kerry Chaput
Aug 29, 2022

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