Practice of History, Fall 2018

Annie Ruth Zachary Pike’s Life, Career, and Legacy

Annie Pike is a native of Marvell, which is a small town in Phillips County Arkansas. She was born in 1931, in the small town of Big Creek not far from Marvell. Her father was a local farmer and landowner, which was not common for African…

Bombs in Paradise: The Effects of the Pearl Harbor Attack on Hawaii

Only a few short weeks away from the 77th anniversary of the attack at Pearl Harbor…

Benedict Arnold: The Traitor

Asylums

The Shocking Truth of Electroshock

In the 1900s, asylums were defined as a hospital for people with mental or emotional problems. Mental institutions, asylums, and madhouses are examples of different terminology used to label these types of places. These were places for people with…

Three Little Girls

An Examination of the Misunderstandings of Witchcraft

What comes to mind when someone mentions the word “witch” to you? Do you think wild naked women dancing around a bonfire in the middle of the woods? Devil worshippers perhaps? Those that sacrifice animals to a pantheon of Gods and…

The Parlor Guitar and Its Relation to 19th Century American Society

Music Piracy: Sailing a New Ocean

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Who Had a Better Life, Women in Sparta or Athens?