Want to Understand the Internet? Consider the "Great Stink" of 1858 London

Bad information online is a concern. But the history of public health shows that understanding how it spreads and circulates is critical to fighting it. 

Bicycles and Women's Liberation in Victorian America

by Anya Jabour

The cycling craze of the 1890s was embraced with particular fervor by affluent white women, who seized opportunities for mobility and public sociability presented by the new technology of the "safety" bicycle.

How Lavender Became a Symbol of LGBTQ Resistance

Historians David K. Johnston and Kassia St. Clair comment on the social and technological changes that helped make the color a secret, then open, political symbol. 

Joking in the Time of Pandemic: The 1889–92 Flu and 2020 COVID-19

by Kristin Brig

As we see with COVID-19, the darkest periods in history expose the best — and worst — of humanity.

Victorian-Era Orgasms and the Crisis of Peer Review

A favorite anecdote about the origins of the vibrator is probably a myth.

10 dangerous things in Victorian/Edwardian homes

You'd be surprised at how dangerous everyday life was in the 1880s.