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THE IMPORTANCE OF (LOCAL) HISTORY

Roger Miner & today’s Supreme Court: The Columbia County native’s principled stances still echo across America’s judicial landscape

By Jim Calvin

In November 1987, as President Ronald Reagan prepared to try again to fill a Supreme Court vacancy after two misfires, Second Circuit US Court of Appeals Justice Roger Miner stood among three final candidates for the nomination.

It was the penultimate step in the remarkable legal career of Hudson, New York’s favorite son, a journey illuminated by a […]

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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton: A literary life that analyzed societal expectations & featured a home in Lenox, MA

Above photo courtesy of Literary Hub.

In honor of March being Women’s History Month, we are highlighting a handful of important women who made strides in the social, political, and economic climates of our region. 

Edith Wharton was born on January 24, 1862, as Edith Newbold Jones. According to The Mount, the estate of Edith Wharton’s […]

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The story of Sojourner Truth: Abolitionist and women’s rights activist from Ulster County

Above photo from Biography.com

In honor of March being Women’s History Month, we are highlighting a handful of important women who made strides in the social, political, and economic climates of our region. 

Sojourner Truth was an African American evangelist, abolitionist, women’s right activist, and author in the nineteenth century. Born into slavery, Truth escaped to […]

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The vibrant life and poetic legacy of Pulitzer Prize Winner Edna St. Vincent Millay

Above photo courtesy of Library of America.

In honor of March being Women’s History Month, we are highlighting a handful of important women who made strides in the social, political, and economic climates of our region. 

Born on February 22, 1892, Edna St. Vincent Millay was born in Rockland, Maine. Holly Peppe, the literary executor for […]

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