His writings, which stretched across eight decades, helped Americans understand a president who transformed the office and ...

The Gate of Angels by Penelope Fitzgerald. Despite the first World War looming and the tragic first chapter, this is really a very funny book, the way the characters interact is surprising and curious ...

The more Anne Frank becomes a generic symbol of all historical tragedy, the less we remember who she was and what happened to her.

The new Pauli Murray Center in Durham, North Carolina, preserves the legacy of a gender-nonconforming giant of the civil ...

“Browseabout Books has been wonderful ... “The First Ladies,” about the partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune.

While traditions for first ladies have been shaped by the women in the role over the years, the position is undefined in the ...

FILE - In this Monday, June 14, 1971 photo Dr. Otto Frank holds the Golden Pan award, given for the sale of one million ...

Delaware libraries offer online book discussions and Zoom options for in-person meetings so you can join when you can't or don't want to go out.

The Westport Police Department will host a food drive from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Feb. 8 in front of the Westport Stop & Shop.

By Eileen Travers Marian Anderson, one of the most celebrated singers of the 20th century, performed at the United Nations ...

The book features a hostess named Dolly Harrison ... the measure was pressed by the suffragette Alice Paul but opposed by both Eleanor Roosevelt and F.D.R.’s Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins ...