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Iran Hostage Crisis

Iran Hostage Crisis Former hostages to Iran Former hostages to Iran, Bruce Laingen (white coat), Kathryn Koob and Ann Swift, walk down the plane steps to touch the United States soil for the first time since their release, January 25, 1981. Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. (1994 - 10/26/2007)/National Archives. Ann Swift Former Iranian hostage, Ann Swift (wearing gray slacks) is greeted by her family as she arrives on U.S. soil for the first time since her release, January 25, 1981. Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. (1994 - 10/26/2007)/National Archives. Kathryn Koob Former hostage Kathryn Koob admires a book of sites of the city

2023-04-03T11:47:59-04:00
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Life Story: Wilma Mankiller

Life Story: Wilma Mankiller Wilma Mankiller Charlie L. Soap, photographer. Wilma Mankiller, full-length portrait / Charlie L. Soap. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2006686215/>. Choctaw Chief Hollis Roberts, and Gov. David Walters, Cherokee Principal Chief, Wilma Mankiller, Chickasaw Gov. Bill Anoatubby Jim Beckel, "Choctaw Chief Hollis Roberts, and Gov. David Walters, Cherokee Principal Chief, Wilma Mankiller, Chickasaw Gov. Bill Anoatubby," Oklahoma Publishing Company, 1992. Oklahoma Historical Society. This video was created by the New-York Historical Society Teen Leaders in collaboration with the Untold project. Wilma Pearl Mankiller was born on November 18, 1945, at the W. W. Hastings Indian Hospital in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, the capital of the Cherokee Nation.

2023-10-16T15:02:05-04:00
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Life Story: Valentina Kozlova

Life Story: Valentina Kozlova Valentina Kozlova Kenn Duncan, “Valentina Kozlova,” 1979. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Valentina Kozlova" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1979. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/23ce2060-c623-012f-f996-58d385a7bc34 Valentina Kozlova and Leonid Kozlov in “The Nutcracker” Martha Swope, Valentina Kozlova and Leonid Kozlov, in a New York City Ballet production of “The Nutcracker” (New York), 1988. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Valentina Kozlova and Leonid Kozlov, in a New York City Ballet production of "The Nutcracker" (New York)" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1988. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/374155d0-b13b-0131-0432-58d385a7bbd0 Valentina Kozlova was born on August 26, 1957, in Moscow. She joined a children’s ballet company at the age

2024-03-13T14:57:22-04:00
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Life Story: Patricia Locke

Life Story: Patricia Locke Patricia Locke Patricia Locke. Courtesy of the Patricia Locke Foundation. Patricia Ann McGillis was born on January 21, 1928, in Pocatello, Idaho, on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation. Her Lakota name, Tawacin WasteWin, means “compassionate woman.” Her father, John, worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and her mother, Eva, worked as a nurse in the Indian Health Service (IHS). Patricia’s only sister, Frances, was born when Patricia was almost three years old. Patricia was independent from a young age. When she was six years old, she won a local interpretive dance competition, which allowed her to participate in the national competition in Chicago. Eva took her to the event, which was the first time Patricia visited a big city. Patricia wanted

2022-12-02T16:08:11-05:00
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Life Story: Beverly LaHaye

Life Story: Beverly LaHaye Beverly LaHaye Beverly LaHaye. Courtesy Harvest House Publishers. This video was created by the New-York Historical Society Teen Leaders in collaboration with the Untold project. Beverly Jean Davenport was born on April 30, 1929. She grew up in Southfield, a suburb of Detroit, Michigan. Her father left the family when she was two years old. Two years after her husband left, her mother remarried. When her mother suffered serious health issues, Beverly became responsible for taking care of the household. Beverly graduated from high school when she was 17. She had been raised in an evangelical household, and her religion was very important to her. Evangelicals practice a form of Christianity that focuses on the

2024-03-13T14:51:29-04:00
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Anti LGBTQ+ Activism

Anti LGBTQ+ Activism Anita Bryant Anita Bryant, 1977, Associated Press. Gay rights protesters “Gay rights protestors picket the Miss National Teenager pageant, opposing the choice of Anita Bryant as ‘America’s Greatest American’ by the 3,500 pageant finalists,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 1977, AJCP338-059k, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library. Background The LGBTQ+ rights movement had grown significantly since the Stonewall Uprising in 1969. Political groups like the Human Rights Campaign and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force organized to protest laws that criminalized same-sex relationships and promoted the passage of antidiscrimination laws based on sexual orientation and identity. The local government of Miami-Dade County in Florida changed its antidiscrimination

2024-03-13T14:40:11-04:00
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Media Treatment of Monica Lewinsky

Media Treatment of Monica Lewinsky Newsstand with Lewinsky covers Jon Levy, Newsstand photo, 1999. Jon Levy/AFP via Getty Images. Poll: Public remains unsympathetic to Lewinsky “Poll: Public remains unsympathetic to Lewinksy,” AllPolitics, March 5, 1999. Monica Lewinsky took an unpaid summer internship at the White House in 1995 after she graduated from college. Later that year, she took on a paid position at the White House Office of Legislative Affairs. Between November 1995 and March 1997, she had nine sexual encounters with President Bill Clinton. News of the affair became public in January 1998, causing a major media stir. The House of Representatives impeached President Clinton in December 1998 over lying

2024-03-13T14:14:09-04:00
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September 11, 2001

September 11, 2001 Memorial collage Hilary North, Memorial collage/mat board of a survivor’s efforts to find finds, 2001. New-York Historical Society, Gift of Hilary North, 2003.72. On the morning of September 11, 2001, four commercial US airplanes were hijacked in flight. The 19 hijackers, later identified as members of the terrorist group al Qaeda, were on a suicide mission. They flew two of the planes into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, just as people were starting their work day. The north tower was hit at 8:46 a.m. The second plane hit the south tower at 9:03 a.m. At 9:37 a.m., the third plane hit the Pentagon, headquarters of the US Department of Defense, located just outside Washington, DC. At

2024-03-13T14:05:34-04:00
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Year of the Woman

Year of the Woman Senator Barbara Mikulski standing with women senatorial candidates Laura Patterson, [Senator Barbara Mikulski standing with women senatorial candidates (left to right) Carol Moseley-Braun, Barbara Boxer, Senator Patty Murray and others at 1992 Democratic National Convention, Madison Square Garden, New York City], July 2022. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. The Senate Democratic women in 1993. L-R: Murray, Moseley Braun, Mikulski, Feinstein, Boxer. Senate of the United States, The Senate Democratic women in 1993, 1993. Senate of the United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Suit worn by Carol Moseley Braun, 1992 Suit worn by Carol Moseley Braun, 1992. Chicago History Museum, ICHi-175994

2024-03-13T13:52:42-04:00
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Women’s Rights are Human Rights

Women's Rights are Human Rights Hillary Clinton at the United Nations Conference on Women Sharon Farmer, Photograph of First Lady Hillary Clinton at the United Nations Conference on Women in Beijing, China, September 5, 1995. National Archives. Document Text Summary FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTONREMARKS FOR THE UNITED NATIONS FOURTH WORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN BEIJING, CHINA SEPTEMBER 5, 1995 Mrs. Mongella, Distinguished delegates and guests, I would like to thank the Secretary General of the United Nations for inviting me to be part of the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women. This is truly a celebration -- a celebration of the contributions women make in every aspect of life: in the home, on the job, in their communities, as mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, learners, workers, citizens

2024-03-13T13:46:40-04:00
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