August 18 is a date that echoes like a struck bell across the corridors of modern history. It is a day bound to the voices of women, to the weight of ballots cast and the quiet authority of choices made in the privacy of one’s own body. On August 18, 1920, the United States ratified …
On a warm summer day in 1972, while much of the country was consumed by the mounting turmoil of the Vietnam War and the shadows of the Watergate scandal, something quieter—but no less revolutionary—was unfolding. It didn’t come with loud protests or front-page headlines. Instead, it arrived in the form of a signature on a …
The transition of China away from the imperial system stands as a momentous and transformative event that arose from a convergence of compelling factors. Essentially, the emergence of revolutionary ideas and a strong desire for modernization ignited an intense longing for change. Throughout the 19th century, as the Qing Dynasty grappled with a series of …
