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Truth is stranger than fiction, they say. Can you tell the difference? [...] »
![Photo, Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald, […] William P. Gottlieb, Library of Congress](http://teachinghistory.org/system/files/imagecache/thumbnail/splash-wij.jpg "Photo, Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Brown, Milt (Milton) Jackson, and Timmie Rosenkrantz, Downbeat, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947, William P. Gottlieb, Library of Congress")
In the early 20th century, the new music recording industry embraced hundreds of artists—including women. [...] »
![Photo, Spc. Crisma Albarran UH-60 [...], March 14, 2010, U.S. Army, Flickr](http://teachinghistory.org/system/files/imagecache/thumbnail/splash-womenaw.jpg "Photo, Spc. Crisma Albarran UH-60 Black Hawk door gunner, March 14, 2010, U.S. Army, Flickr")
Women have fought in every U.S. war, but only recently have they gained official military status. [...] »
In 1854, Japan signed a treaty with the U.S. How did the U.S. and Japan see each other during this exchange? [...] »
![Illustration, child in a garden, 1902, from Henrietta Eliot [...]](http://teachinghistory.org/system/files/imagecache/thumbnail/splash-kindergarten.jpg "Illustration, child in a garden, 1902, from Henrietta Eliot and Susan Blow's Mottoes and Commentaries of Friedrich Froebel’s Mother Play")
Kindergarten came to America in the 19th century on a wave of German Romantic Idealism. [...] »
When the presidents' maladies threatened to affect their performance. [...] »
![Print, Girl holding doll and boy with dog[...], Library of Congress](http://teachinghistory.org/system/files/imagecache/thumbnail/splash-railroads11.jpg "Print, Girl holding doll and boy with dog in waiting room at railroad station, 1899, Strobridge & Company, Library of Congress")
![Photo, Boxers Marty Cutler and Jack Johnson in ring [...] Library of Congress](http://teachinghistory.org/system/files/imagecache/thumbnail/splash-aaathletes.jpg "Photo, Boxers Marty Cutler and Jack Johnson in ring, with Burns, referee(?), Jun. 19, 1914, Library of Congress")
These African American athletes drew crowds with their skill and determination in the early 20th century. [...] »
