Amid the centennial of the Miss America pageant, here comes a detailed history of the competition that arrived one year after American women were granted the right to vote. That seems like an appropriate coincidence, since the pageant is all about votes, right? Not so fast, argues author Amy Argetsinger,…
Back when men ran everything and women couldn’t vote, Sarah Josepha Hale was a formidable influence in U.S. history, responsible for a remarkable list of contributions that ranged from persuading President Lincoln to proclaim Thanksgiving a national holiday (in the middle of the Civil War, no less) to the introduction…