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My History Fix

the Fun Side of History!

CIVICS & RIGHTS

The rules we make. The rules we break. Triumphs of the spirit. Heartbreaking injustice.
Civil rights, women’s rights…the way we treat each other. Find it all here under Civics & Rights.

28th Nov 2016MONEY! MONEY! MONEY!

Categories: Civics & RightsTags: chinese money, history of money, paper money

MONEY! MONEY! MONEY!

1st Sep 2016ROSIE THE RIVETER

Categories: Civics & Rights, Home LifeTags: feminism, girl power, Norman Rockwell, we can do it, womens rights, World War II

ROSIE THE RIVETER

5th Aug 2016EDUCATION OF A WOMAN

Categories: Civics & Rights, Home LifeTags: chemistry, domestic science, education, Ellen Swallow Richards, housekeeping, MIT, victorian, women's history, womens rights

EDUCATION OF A WOMAN

12th May 20161968: THE WORLD IN TRANSITION

Categories: Civics & Rights, Science & TechTags: 1968 Olympics, 1968 World Series, Apollo 8, Black Power, civil rights, Detroit Tigers, Events of 1968, feminism, first word processor, Martin Luther King, MLK, RFK, Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy, Shirley Chisholm, St Louis Arch, Vietnam

1968: THE WORLD IN TRANSITION

20th Mar 2015WOMEN WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE

Categories: Civics & RightsTags: astronomer, black hair care, comet, entrepreneur, ida tarbell, journalist, madam c. j. walker, madame roland, maria mitchell, mcclure's, millionaire, muckraker, rockefeller, standard oil, vassar, women's history

WOMEN WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE

21st Nov 2014DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME…Zzzzzz…

Categories: Civics & RightsTags: circadian clock, civil time, daylight saving time, fall back, military time, sleep deprivation, spring forward

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME…Zzzzzz…

17th Oct 2014WITCH HUNT!  SALEM, MA 1692

Categories: Civics & RightsTags: conversion disorder, le roy, mass hysteria, salem witch trials, witch, witch hunt

WITCH HUNT! SALEM, MA 1692

3rd Oct 2014WONDER WOMAN: ORIGINAL GIRL POWER

Categories: Civics & Rights, EntertainmentTags: comics, feminism, superhero, womens rights, wonder woman

WONDER WOMAN: ORIGINAL GIRL POWER

5th Sep 2014BACK TO SCHOOL PART 2: THE CLYDE KENNARD STORY

Categories: Civics & RightsTags: civil rights, clyde kennard, education, jim crow, segregation

BACK TO SCHOOL PART 2: THE CLYDE KENNARD STORY

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