How did people shop in the early 1800s? - Shannon Selin
Although people in the early 1800s could not shop at supermarkets or department stores, they had plenty of other opportunities to buy things.| Shannon Selin
Although people in the early 1800s could not shop at supermarkets or department stores, they had plenty of other opportunities to buy things.| Shannon Selin
The 20 Questions game was introduced to Americans through British Prime Minister George Canning. Let's sit in on a game he played in 1823.| Shannon Selin
Fanny Fern (Sara Payson Willis Parton), America's first female newspaper columnist, satirized marriage in the mid-19th century.| Shannon Selin
These money-saving tips for students, entitled “Twelve Golden Rules of Prudent Economy," could usefully be heeded by anyone at any age, even today.| Shannon Selin
Women who wanted to keep fit in the early 19th century had to contend with the notion that they were too delicate for many forms of exercise.| Shannon Selin
Though reports of people living past 100 were common in the 1800s, most were probably false.| Shannon Selin
Beginning at age 50, 6th US President John Quincy Adams went swimming almost every summer in the Potomac River in Washington, DC. Once he nearly drowned.| Shannon Selin
Tired of syrupy talk about royal weddings? Here’s a scathing article about the wedding of some 19th-century British royals.| Shannon Selin
Virginie's story was popular, but was it true?| Shannon Selin
