Never mind Hawthorne and Thoreau— the women of mid-19th century New England had their own ambitions for writing and life.

More than 8,000 photos that depict English architecture, landscapes and maritime history from the 1800s to the early 1900s have been given to Historic England. The Janette Rosing collection has ...

Over the course of the 19th century this primitive network of flapping, clanking machines evolved into a global communication system. Independently invented in England and the United States ...

However, in early 19th-century England, the increased emphasis on domesticity ... Some relief was provided through new life insurance schemes if a spouse had been prudent, and the lives of ...