20th Century General

Editor's Note: Rosie the Riveter represents about six million women who went to work at factories for the first time during World War II....

Editor's Note: Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly is a terrific book about the group of African American female mathematicians who worked as "human...

Editor's note: In 2009 I had the honor of interviewing the sole surviving WWI veteran - Corporal Frank Woodruff Buckles - at his home...

May 3, 2020 - At the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, an exhibit is dedicated to the Doolittle Raiders. In front of a B-25, Doolittle, right, is talking to a member of his crew.

Editor's note: I often marvel at the pace of invention and innovation in the early years of the 20th century. In December 1903, Orville...

Editor's Note: In 2017 I learned about Norman Borlaug, an agronomist who earned the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize for his years of research and...

Editor's Note: After reading Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly, a book published in 2016 about the group of African American women who were...

Editor's Note: In 2014, I visited a small museum in Danville, Iowa dedicated to telling the story of two Iowa sisters/students who were pen...

Editor's Note: In 2018, a student orchestra at the University of Michigan's School of Music brought to life a rare manuscript that Patricia Hall,...

Editor's Note: In my life before journalism, I worked in a clinical microbiology lab at a hospital identifying germs. After graduating from The Ohio...