American Futures Updates, from Mississippi to Arizona to California
by James Fallows
NPR conveys the sound of an innovative school in Mississippi, plus other news from the road (Read it here.)
Category Archives: Women
Isabella Greenway, Pioneering American Woman
Isabella Greenway, Pioneering American Woman
by Deborah Fallows
The first Arizonan congresswoman, a lifelong friend of Eleanor Roosevelt, lived a remarkable life. (Read it here.)
California’s Improbable Navel-Orange Queen
California’s Improbable Navel-Orange Queen
by Deborah Fallows
Eliza Tibbets was a suffragist, abolitionist, and spiritualist—and the mother of California’s orange industry. (Read it here.)
Revisiting The Atlantic’s Dust Bowl Series
Revisiting The Atlantic’s Dust Bowl Series
by Deborah Fallows
The third day of a cross-country flight (Read it here.)
The Flying Housewife
The Flying Housewife
by Deborah Fallows
50 years ago, Jerrie Mock became the first woman to fly solo around the world. (Read it here.)