Carved into a rock overlooking the Columbia River stands the arresting image of Tsagaglalal, or “She Who Watches,” an ancient female chief. As the Wishram people recount, when men replaced women in po
This volume of selected oral histories features the voices of Americans who lived through some of the most critical events shaping the nation’s history since the Civil War. This first-of-a-kind compil
In 1896, a Norwegian immigrant and mother of eight children named Helga Estby was behind on taxes and the mortgage when she learned that a mysterious sponsor would pay $10,000 to a woman who walked ac
