Change often came slowly to the South, but it often arrived with a whirlwind of effort pushing it along. Helen Stoddard, a force of nature unto herself, became a leader in the state with her efforts ...

Change often came slowly to the South, but it often arrived with a whirlwind of effort pushing it along. Helen Stoddard, a force of nature unto herself, became a leader in the state with her efforts ...

Behind locked doors on the 13th floor of Chicago’s Garrick Building, members of the Cook County Women’s Christian Temperance Union met excitedly one afternoon last week. Notably absent from the ...

The disappearance of a law often signifies that it has either fulfilled its purpose, proven inherently useless, or been ...

When North Dakota became a state in 1889, half of the adults in the state were not allowed to vote on almost all election issues. The newly adopted state constitution stated that “women could (only) ...

THE other day I attended a luncheon at the Civic Centre. It had been planned in the interest of law enforcement, which in this instance, as in most others, meant enforcement of the Volstead Act. This ...