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March 2022

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How a team of fearless American women overcame medical skepticism to stop whooping cough, a vicious infectious disease, and save countless lives

Photographs by Lisa Spindler

It wasn’t just a legend. Archaeologists are getting to the bottom of the city celebrated by Homer nearly 3,000 years ago

Photographs by Rena Effendi

These photographs explore the waterways of the South that brought suffering to so many and also provided some a way out of bondage

A booming market has specimen hunters tracking down rare new varieties of the ancient fruit

From a series of coins to a museum in the making, their groundbreaking achievements gain new visibility

Prologue

What to make of the alluring legend of the New York teen who warned that the Redcoats were coming

Abigail Tucker

Prologue

The painter was also a formidable presence on the ice

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The pathbreaking lawyer and “Civil Rights Queen” was the first Black woman to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court

Tomiko Brown-Nagin

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The artwork by Edmonia Lewis, the first African American sculptor in the classical mode, epitomizes her immense talent

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