History

Jun 11, 20218 min read

Creating a Historian (Me)

Every person who grows up to become a historian, arrives in the field in a unique way. However, no matter when they get there or how,...

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Dec 4, 20203 min read

Jessie Bonstelle and the State of Theater in 1931

The fight for the arts to be taken seriously and valued by wider audiences to the same level as they are by those who create art has been...

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Jan 9, 20184 min read

The Wisdom of Hortense, Queen of Holland

In the 1920s, a memoir written over a hundred years earlier by Hortense de Beauharnais, Queen of Holland, was published. Hortense’s life...

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Dec 2, 20175 min read

December 2nd: A Good Day to be a Bonaparte

Every year when December 2nd rolls around I smile, because in the 19th century it was a very significant date for my favorite imperial...

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Nov 17, 20177 min read

10 Historical Musicals (Other Than Hamilton)

I considered calling this post “Everything I Need to Know about History I Learned from Musical Theatre” but that would be such a gross...

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Aug 15, 20174 min read

Napoleon versus...Rabbits?

[Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769. This post is my way of marking it, so Happy Birthday, Napoleon!] When Napoleon Bonaparte...

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Jul 10, 20176 min read

The History Girl

"Pass the parcel. That's sometimes all you can do. Take it, feel it and pass it on. Not for me, not for you, but for someone, somewhere,...

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