Historical
Witch-hunt!
I was doing some research into the witch finders of the 15th to 18th century. I was shocked to find some of the methods that they used to winkle out basically any woman who was slightly different to the cookie-cutter, good girl, good wife mould. Many of the women were much older, past the childbearing years, and therefore we are considered fairly expendable.
By Germaine Mooney5 years ago in FYI
The Red Scare
Americans have heard the effects of red fear on a personal level as well. We have seen a drastic change in the lives of thousands of so-called pro-communists. The Saints were arrested because they saw their ideology ignored, civil liberties ignored, and many Americans feared the rise of the Bolsheviks. Then, in the early 1920s, the initial fears seemed to subside and the fever subsided.
By Sameer Boy5 years ago in FYI
How Balthazar, One of the Three Kings, Who Visited Baby Jesus Became Black?
"We Three Kings of Orient are, Bearing gifts we traverse afar, Field and fountain, Moor and mountain, Following yonder Star."(Chorus)"O Star of Wonder, Star of Night, Star with Royal Beauty bright, Westward leading, Still proceeding, Guide us to Thy perfect Light."
By Kamna Kirti5 years ago in FYI
THE MOST TERRIBLE STREET IN LONDON
Laid out in 1674, Spitalfields was London’s chief silk weaving area. And by the 18th century, Dorset Street was already looking dilapidated. In the 19th century–when the trade was disappearing, rambling, filthy lodging houses dominated it. They even enclosed the gardens so the property-owners could jam even more people into their accommodation.
By Paul Asling5 years ago in FYI
THE VICTORIAN FALLEN WOMAN
In the nineteenth century, femininity held an important position. A woman’s social and cultural role was sanctified, and the woman was protected and defended. But what women did not adhere to the ideal? A woman deviating from the norm, ‘fallen’ from virtue, was both an outcast and a threat, a victim and a scapegoat.
By Paul Asling5 years ago in FYI
Barbie's History
Barbie is a fashion doll synthetic by means of the American toy employer Mattel, Inc. And released in March 1959. American businesswoman Ruth Handler has credited with the creation of the doll the use of a German doll referred to as Bild Lilli as her suggestion.
By Tanvi Punia5 years ago in FYI
LONDON’S NOTORIOUS DEVIL’S ACRE
The Devil’s Acre was an infamous slum next to Westminster Abbey that subsisted during the Victorian age. The slum had its roots in the Middle Ages when the monks at the abbey gave a haven to debtors, cheats and other criminals. It was little more than a damp, dismal swamp, and home to a community of beggars, thieves and prostitutes. Police only made infrequent visits to the area and when they did, the local residents powerfully repelled them.
By Paul Asling5 years ago in FYI
THE HISTORICAL PROSTITUTES OF LONDON’S COVENT GARDEN
Harris’s List of Covent Garden Ladies, published from 1757 to 1795, was an annual directory of prostitutes working in Georgian London. A small pocketbook, it was printed and published in Covent Garden and sold for two shillings and sixpence. A contemporary report of 1791 estimates its circulation at about 8,000 copies annually.
By Paul Asling5 years ago in FYI
THE 1940s LONDON BLACKOUT RIPPER
Just fifty-four years after the notorious ‘Jack the Ripper’ waged his merciless trade in cutting up to five women on the streets of London, another spree killer appeared in the shadows. This monster attacked women over six days during a cold February 1942. He was eventually caught and identified as 27-year-old Gordon Frederick Cummins.
By Paul Asling5 years ago in FYI
Coca Leaf and Kola Nut
Did you know it all started in a lab? Spend more time in labs people, there's greatness in trying new things. Experimenting, and taking notes on what works and what doesn't is all well and good, but let's not miss the point. John S. Pemberton, an Atlanta pharmacist, at his Pemberton Chemical Company, first cooked up Coca-Cola as a tonic, for common ailments. He based it on cocaine from the coca leaf and caffeine-rich extracts of the kola nut. It is said that Dr. Pemberton carried a jar of his tonic to Jacob's bar where it was sampled and pronounced excellent; a delicious and refreshing taste.
By Esther Ami5 years ago in FYI
