This service branch suffered severely during the French Revolution but was revived by Napoleon.

In 1717, Sybilla Masters of Philadelphia reportedly became the first American woman granted this.

This U.S. presidential daughter became a successful mystery writer.

After being locked out of the Estates-General in 1789, members of France’s Third Estate reconvened here.

William Henry, an English physician, made this discovery concerning how the body functions.

George Dorr (1855

This suffrage leader delivered her lecture, "What Shall We Do with our Daughters?" over 800 times.

These two men were on the first presidential ticket of the new Republican Party in mid-19th century America.