Lenora Rogers's Blog, page 120
December 6, 2015
Pauline Johnson
Originally posted on Pauline Johnson, a 19th century Canadian poet who was part Mohawk and part English, became famous for her dramatic poetry readings in which she appeared first in “Indian costume” and then in European evening dress.
The daughter of a Mohawk chief and his English wife, Pauline was raised in a bicultural family. It was this biculturalism that made her famous in drawing rooms, church halls and theatres throughout Canada, the United States and England.
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December 3, 2015
Moving Mamie Eisenhower
Originally posted on Presidential History Blog:
Mamie Doud was only nineteen when she married recent West Point graduate Lt. Dwight Eisenhower.
Young Army Bride
Mamie’s parents, John and Elivera Doud were not happy about their daughter’s marriage. They adored Dwight David Eisenhower, and would consider Ike their “son” for the rest of their lives, but they believed their rather spoiled daughter was much too young – and that her privileged upbringing might not be adaptable to army life. They...
December 2, 2015
Mapping Confederate Irish Veterans in 20th Century Alabama
Originally posted on Irish in the American Civil War:
This project represents one of the most extensive resources yet made available on the site. Having examined in excess of 11,000 entries for Confederate veterans living in Alabama in 1907, I extracted the details on those men of Irish birth. I then combined it with analysis of the Irishmen’s service records and pension applications, creating mini-biographies for each of them. Using this data I mapped them at three points in their lives; th...
Folies Bergère: Populist Cosmopolitan Hub
Originally posted on A R T LR K:
On the 30th of November 1886, The Folies Bergère staged its first revue in Paris. Located at 32 rue Richer in the 9th Arrondissement, and called Folies Trévise back then, it was finished as an opera house by the architect Plumeret in 1869. The venue was at the height of its popularity from the 1890’s Belle Époque to the 1920’s Années Folles. To start with, its shows included operettes, comic opera, popular songs and gymnastics, then a few years later it becam...
1865 December 7: ThanksgivingDay–“Peace again smiles upon us”
Originally posted on The Civil War and Northwest Wisconsin:
Thanksgiving Day was supposedly set as the last Thursday in November by President Abraham Lincoln in his 1863 proclamation, but in 1865 President Andrew Johnson declared December 7 as the National Day of Thanksgiving. Wisconsin Governor James T. Lewis had issued a proclamation declaring November 30th, but then changed the date when President Johnson issued his proclamation.
As has been our custom, we include the Thanksgiving artwork...
The Fair Rosamund
Originally posted on History Witch:
Going a bitoff this month’s theme…
This is Rosamund Clifford (1150? – 1176). She was the mistress of King Henry II of England.
She grew up in Clifford Castle on the River Wye and had 2 sisters, Amice and Lucy, and 3 brothers, Walter II de Clifford, Richard and Gilbert.
There are many interesting stories that surround Rosamund’s life, but the most common is that King Henry took her in as his mistress- but in order to hide the affair from his wife, Eleanor...
November 30, 2015
Kidnap and Attempted Murder in the 18th Century: Viscount Valentia’s ancestry
Originally posted on All Things Georgian:
Arthur Annesley, Baron Altham and Viscount Valentia was the downfall of Grace Dalrymple Elliott. Their indiscretion in a Londonbagnio (a high class brothel) led to her divorce from her portly little doctor of a husband, John Eliot.
Although too much of an irrelevant distraction from Grace’s story to be included in our book on her, An Infamous Mistress: The Life, Loves and Family of the celebrated Grace Dalrymple Elliott, Valentia’s immediate ancestor...
