Through educational programming, Jewish American History Month will help raise the awareness of a people, their history and contributions. It will help combat anti-Semitism, a phenomenon that is on the rise and that unfortunately still exists in our Nation. Jan Schakowsky americanantiawareness share on social
Whenever I've had to tamper with history for plot purposes, I make sure to mention that in my author's note, and I try to keep such tampering to a bare minimum. I also attempt to keep my characters true to their historical counterparts. This is not always possible, of course. Sharon Kay Penman attemptauthorbare share on social
When you look at the origins and evolution of life on Earth, it's been severely affected by asteroid impacts through history. Rusty Schweickart affectasteroidearth Change image and share on social
Only a tiny portion of music history involves a singer and a lyric. Songs in music are generally thought to be a minor form. Russell Smith formgenerallyhistory Change image and share on social
I read everything: fiction, history, science, mathematics, biography, travel. Martin Lewis Perl biographyfictionhistory Change image and share on social
As a graduate student at Oxford in 1963, I began writing about books in revolutionary France, helping to found the discipline of book history. I was in my academic corner writing about Enlightenment ideals when the Internet exploded the world of academic communication in the 1990s. Robert Darnton 1990sacademicbegin share on social
My job isn't to create history; it's to go out there and perform at my best. Cate Campbell createhistoryjob Change image and share on social
Throughout America's history, the start of adult life for women - whatever else it might have been destined to include - had been typically marked by marriage. Rebecca Traister adultamericadestine Change image and share on social
Since the dawn of time, traditional marriage - the union between one man and one woman - has been the building block of civilization, and at no point in our nation's history has that foundation been under more severe attack than now. Jim DeMint attackblockbuild share on social
It may seem unfashionable to say so, but historians should seize the imagination as well as the intellect. History is, in a sense, a story, a narrative of adventure and of vision, of character and of incident. It is also a portrait of the great general drama of the human spirit. Peter Ackroyd adventurecharacterdrama share on social