by Ann Beach | Nov 5, 2026 | Medicine
In 1818, vast new tracts of land opened for settlement in the central part of Indiana. The brand-new state was a rapidly growing part of the frontier, and homesteaders were clearing timber, building cabins, and creating farms. But there was a problem. Settlers were...
by Ann Beach | Oct 21, 2026 | Medicine
President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Corps of Discovery (what we now call the Lewis and Clark Expedition) in 1803 to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase and to find a direct water route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. It was an...
by Ann Beach | Oct 9, 2026 | Medicine
History and classic literature are full of stories of people dying of broken hearts. It is one of the most romantic ideas in storytelling; someone’s love is so powerful their lover dies without it. For example, Catherine Earnshaw (Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte)...
by Ann Beach | Sep 24, 2026 | Medicine
Elizabeth Barrett Browning was one of the most famous writers of the 1800s. Her novel Aurora Leigh and her book of poems, Sonnets From the Portuguese (including How Do I Love Thee?) still resonate. She lived 55 years (1806-1861) and spent much of her life at home as...
by Ann Beach | Sep 1, 2026 | Medicine
Imagine you’re a liberated woman at the turn of the last century (1890-1915). It’s now allowed for you to travel without an escort and you and some of your friends even have (gasp!) jobs. You are comfortable traveling on public conveyances like buses and trams. You...
