Category: Blasts from the Past!

Helen Hunt Jackson

Helen Hunt Jackson was an accomplished poet, author, and activist in the 19th century. A couple of her written works, A Century of Dishonor (1881) and Ramona (1884), advocated against the mistreatment of Native Americans by the US government. Jackson…

Lessons from Ellis Island

Tomorrow is National Ellis Island Family History Day! According to the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. from 1892 to 1954, over twelve million immigrants entered the United States through the portal of Ellis Island, a small island in New…