Articles by Meilan Solly

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Meilan Solly is Smithsonian magazine's assistant digital editor, humanities. Website: meilansolly.com.

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October 22, 2020

Spotlighting 500 Years of Women in British Art, From Tudor Portraitists to the Bloomsbury Group

History of Now October 20, 2020

The Debate Over Mail-In Voting Dates Back to the Civil War

Based on a True Story October 14, 2020

When Catherine of Aragon Led England's Armies to Victory Over Scotland

Books of the Month October 9, 2020

How the Alphabet Got Its Order, Malcolm X and Other New Books to Read

Trending Today October 2, 2020

What Happened When Woodrow Wilson Came Down With the 1918 Flu?

September 23, 2020

The Women Writers Who Shaped 20th-Century American Literature

Books of the Month September 4, 2020

Catherine the Great's Lost Treasure, the Rise of Animal Rights and Other New Books to Read

August 31, 2020

See 12 Stunning Portraits of World War II Veterans

100 Years of Women at the Ballot Box August 18, 2020

Women Senators Reflect on the 100th Anniversary of Suffrage

August 13, 2020

Peer Into the Past With Photorealistic Portraits of Roman Emperors