Donata Badoer (1280-1333/6) was the wife of the famed merchant Marco Polo. Donata was born to a Venetian patrician family, daughter of the merchant Vitale Badoèr. She had three...
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Napoleon Bonaparte was born to a prestigious family on an island off the coast of France. The French Revolution provided an opening for him to thrive, first in the military and then as...
Richard (Dick) Nixon was in some ways a conservative version of John F. Kennedy, both serving in the navy during World War II and running for president in their forties. Both needed to learn how to...
The King Philip’s War (1675-78) was fought between various Native American tribes against New England colonists and their Native American allies. You can read about the causes of the war here. A...
The King Philip’s War (1675-78) was fought between various Native American tribes against New England colonists and their Native American allies. It was a product of over fifty years of...
Buck v. Bell (1927) was a Supreme Court opinion that upheld the power of the government to forcibly sterilize people as part of a eugenics movement. Public safety justifies limiting...