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How Ceiling Fans Allowed Slaves to Eavesdrop on Plantation Owners
The punkahs of the Antebellum era served many purposes.
by
Eve Kahn
via
Atlas Obscura
on
May 14, 2018
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Meet Zoe Anderson Norris, the "Nellie Bly You've Never Heard Of"
Norris, who dubbed herself the "Queen of Bohemia," exposed the injustices of post-Gilded Age New York City—by going undercover.
by
Ann Lewinson
via
Hell Gate
on
February 28, 2023
