Exploring History
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Exploring History

How Ghosts Helped Give Women the Right to Vote

Without mediums, we might never have had the Nineteenth Amendment

How Ghosts Helped Give Women the Right to Vote — Victoria Woodhull

In 1847, something creepy was going on in John and Margaret Fox’s rented cottage in Hydesville, New York. While most old homes occasionally groan with creaky floorboards, the Fox house banged out loud thumps and knocks.

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Exploring History is a publication about history. Instead of focusing on any particular time period of history, we explore anything about the past that helps our readers understand the world they live in today. We pay special attention to historiographical rigor and balance.

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Carlyn Beccia

Author & illustrator. My latest books — 10 AT 10, MONSTROUS: THE LORE, GORE, & SCIENCE, and THEY LOST THEIR HEADS. Contact: CarlynBeccia.com