Posts Tagged ‘U.S. Presidents’

In 1871, Cornell College promoted a longtime teacher to professor and, by its own account, paid her the same as the men beside her. Her story raises a question worth asking of any “first”: how do we know?

A full-life account of Andrew Jackson — frontier orphan, war hero, and seventh president — covering his military career, his presidency’s major controversies, including Indian removal, and his contested legacy.

A full-life account of Andrew Jackson — frontier orphan, war hero, and seventh president — covering his military career, his presidency’s major controversies, including Indian removal, and his contested legacy.