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The enigmatic first wife of Frederick Douglass, Anna Murray Douglass (1813 – 1822) has been misunderstood and misrepresented by historians as well as by her husband’s associates since he first rose to fame in 1842. Her early life, including her birth, family and parentage, remain thinly documented.
Oxford takes the day off.
Friday link love.
Lost and Dean Acheson, a closer look.
A podcast from The Encyclopedia of Popular Music.
A video interview with Jean Lipman-Blumen.
Anatoly Liberman looks at the origin of the word “dildo.”
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Ben’s Place of the Week returns with a look at Vilanova i la Geltrú.
A look at the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company.
A response to Justice Matters.
An interview with Niko Pfund.
A 14-minute documentary about a Chicago psychologist who managed to have a German family awarded the Yad Vashem “Righteous Among the Nations” title for saving her father’s life in April 1945. The recognition represents the culmination of a long, difficult personal and professional journey for Mona Sue Weissmark, psychology professor and author of “Justice Matters.” The documentary aired nationwide on WDR German television (1.channel in Germany) and was just distributed to schools and churches throughout Germany.
A look at vacation.
On August 23, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln wrote the following memorandum and asked his Cabinet members to sign it on the back side of the paper without reading it (to forestall leaks): “This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly probable that this Administration will not be re-elected. Then it will be my duty to so co-operate with the President elect, as to save the Union between the election and inauguration; as he will have secured his election on such ground that he cannot possibly save it afterwards.”
A closer look at Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse with help from the DNB.