Queen Victoria
The YMCA First Opened Gyms to Train Stronger Christians
Physical fitness was a secondary goal for the movement
It Didn’t Take Very Long For Anesthesia to Change Childbirth
The unprecedented idea of a painless delivery changed women's lives
Three Things to Know About Pants-Wearing Mountaineer Annie Smith Peck
Peck wasn’t wealthy and her family, who did have money, didn’t approve of her globe-trotting, mountain-climbing, pants-wearing lifestyle
People in the 1800s Dreamed of Bicycling on Water
Despite numerous patents, nothing really ever came of this fad
The Author of ‘Frankenstein’ Also Wrote a Post-Apocalyptic Plague Novel
‘The Last Man’ was derided in its time for being too grim, but today it would fit in with a growing genre of dystopian fiction
The True Story of the Koh-i-Noor Diamond—and Why the British Won't Give It Back
A star of London’s Crown Jewels, the Indian gem has a bloody history of colonial conquest
Americans Caught ‘Victoria Fever’ For The British Queen’s 1838 Coronation
Such delicacies as 'Victoria soap' could be bought in America as a souvenir of the occasion
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