The curlicue letters of cursive handwriting, once considered a mainstay of American elementary education, have been slowly disappearing from classrooms for years. Now, with most states adopting new ...

Meet Iris Hatfield, the Louisville woman who created 'The New American Cursive.' Cursive will be a new requirement in Kentucky's public elementary schools this year, but it may not be the same cursive ...

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On Saturday, August 23, 2025, at age 78, Ruth (Heikkala) Berryman passed away with her family by her side after a final bout with lung cancer. Ruth was born on July 29, 1947, in Ishpeming, Michigan, ...

Four years after women won the right to vote and hold office, Soledad Chávez de Chacón made headlines across the country when she served as acting governor of New Mexico. For two weeks in 1924, while ...