Flight, Fashion, and Feminism: Amelia Earhart Ventures into Clothing Design
By Caroline Weber, ’16 Growing up in Kansas, Amelia Earhart was viewed as a “tomboy.” Instead of playing with dolls, she could be found climbing trees and hunting rats. She did, however, enjoy designing clothing during weekly sewing lessons, one of the few typically female activities that she would continue to practice throughout her life. Born during a time when the issue of women’s rights … Continue reading Flight, Fashion, and Feminism: Amelia Earhart Ventures into Clothing Design
Black Hawk: A Study of Native Americans in Virginia and their Role in American Cultural Studies
By Kasey McGhee, ’17 After English colonists landed in Virginia in the 1600s, they established a social divide based on skin color. The Europeans regarded African slaves and Indians as a barbaric other. However, as time progressed and laws evolved, Virginians came to classify Africans and Indians differently. In his Notes on the State of Virginia,Thomas Jefferson, I compared the two groups in 1785, noting … Continue reading Black Hawk: A Study of Native Americans in Virginia and their Role in American Cultural Studies
The Making of White Southern Republicans
By Ciana Young, ’17 On October 18, 1905, Theodore Roosevelt made history as he rode into Richmond, Virginia. His stop in the city was only one leg of his grand tour of the Southern states. On October 18th, President Theodore Roosevelt gave five speeches; three in Richmond, one in Fredericksburg, and an additional oration in Ashland, Virginia. In 2016, it would seem the obvious move … Continue reading The Making of White Southern Republicans
MARIAN ANDERSON AND ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
MARIAN ANDERSON AND ELEANOR ROOSEVELT July 2, 1939 When the Daughters of the American Revolution refused opera star Marian Anderson a place on stage in segregated Washington, D.C., First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt resigned from the all-white organization and arranged for Anderson to deliver an outdoor concert in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Anderson sung to an audience of 75,000 on Easter Sunday, 1939. Three months … Continue reading MARIAN ANDERSON AND ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
THEODORE ROOSEVELT October 18, 1905 Black and white Richmonders alike greeted Republican President Teddy Roosevelt with fervor on his swing through the Southern States in 1905. Richmond’s African Americans had served as a core constituency of the “Party of Lincoln” since they gained the right to vote. With the disenfranchisement of blacks after Reconstruction, Republican leaders like TR began to romance white Southerners into the … Continue reading THEODORE ROOSEVELT