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The first German, and first vernacular, edition of the Yosippon or Josippon, an account of Jewish history supposedly written either by Josephus or by the Joseph ben Gorion mentioned by him. The authenticity of the work was first questioned by Joseph…

In a speech before the audience at Kiel Auditorium, Baker said:

“I wanted to find freedom of soul and spirit. I wanted to do things to help freedom come to my people. I was ready to fight, if necessary to obtain it. I wanted to feel that I was a…

Cover of a pop-out book illustrating the freedoms Josephine Baker found outside of her homeland, America.

World War I marked the first US aerial combat operations, and a time of rapid innovation and development in the field of wartime aviation. This poster captures the spirit of adventure associated with the Air Service.

The November 1918 issue of the Johns Hopkins Nurses Alumnae Magazine includes a description of Alice Fitzgerald’s work to have American nurses care for American soldiers in French hospitals for the Service de Sante, notices about the Spanish…