Women’s Rights Grew Out of Abolitionist Movement

Maura Casey on Substack reveals how the women's rights movement grew out of the anti-slavery movement. She offers an excellent piece marking the 175th anniversary of the Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention in 1848, and its ringleader Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Insightful. Click. More on the convention from History.com.

175 Years After John Tyler Left the White House, His Grandson Is Still Alive At 94

Presidential Stories With Bob Summers, a Youtube channel, focuses an episode on the grandson of John Tyler, who served in the White House from 1841 to 1845. His grandson is still alive "over 175 years after he left office. How is that possible? John Tyler, born in 1790, and his younger second wife, Julia, gave …

Lincoln and Grant Both Opposed Polk’s War With Mexico

On May 12, 1846, the United States Senate voted 40 to 2 to go to war with Mexico. President James K. Polk had accused Mexican troops of having attacked Americans on U.S. soil, north of the Rio Grande. But Mexico claimed this land as its own territory and accused the American military of having invaded. More. …

What If Henry Clay of KY Won the Presidential Election of 1844?

Emperor Tigerstar: "What if Henry Clay won the 1844 election and became president instead of James K. Polk? This channel is done in collaboration with @AlternateHistoryHub and @iammrbeat." In actuality, the election was close, with Polk winning just 49.5% of the vote and Clay winning 48.1%. Click for details. Remember that this was an era …

Senator Daniel Webster Famously Supported the ‘Great Compromise’ Which Destroyed His Political Career

Daniel Webster (1782-1852) was "an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore." Was he a hero or a villain? His former friends and supporters in NH and MA came to view him as a villain, many of them abolitionists, because he …

How Did Britain Avoid Revolution in 1848?

History Matters: "Loads of European countries had revolutions or wars in 1848 but the United Kingdom didn't. So why not?" Told in 3 minutes, 21 seconds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFer-iqW8Cs

What Happened At the First Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, NY, 1848?

Learn about the movement for women's equality that precipitated the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, and what its attendees - including Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott - hoped to achieve. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcYhuG1y3bc Division At Seneca Falls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ir5CgK3LhM American Experience | PBS At first closely intertwined, the abolition and suffrage movements were called to make a …

Inspiring History of Mother’s Day

Historian Heather Cox Richardson's daily Letter from an American: "If you google the history of Mother’s Day, the internet will tell you that Mother’s Day began in 1908 when Anna Jarvis decided to honor her mother. (Video report from her restored home in the small town of Grafton WV. She became disenchanted with the commercialization of …

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Ended US War With Mexico, Brought New Lands into the Union, and Set Nation on Path to Civil War

In 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, "officially titled the Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits and Settlement between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic," brought an official end to the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). It also gave advocates of slavery a new opportunity to spread the practice into new areas, and alter the …

US Does Not Currently Face Any Issue As Difficult As Slavery, Columnist Asserts

There is little similarity between the civil conflicts of the 2020s and the run-up to the civil war between 1820 and 1860, Jamelle Bouie argued in the NYT, "Why We Are Not Facing the Prospect of Civil War." on February 15, 2022. "White Americans had been divided over slavery for 50 years before the crisis …