We’d like to start off March — Women’s History month — with an appreciation of Kate Stoneman, the first woman to practice law in New York. Kate Stoneman, from a farming family in upstate New York , graduated New York Normal College and taught for forty years…. And Kate was an instrumental member in the…
General… President (our Country’s first)… George Washington’s reputation often resides in his role in the American Revolution… As his eulogist famously noted, Washington was “first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen” Washington’s leadership was a deciding factor in the defeat of the British, a first for the Empire…
95 years after the 15th Amendment’s ratification, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 promised to enforce the right to vote by eliminating obstacles such as poll taxes, literacy tests, and other bureaucratic restrictions imposed by many Southern state legislatures during the post-Reconstruction period. In 1964, nearly 100 years after the Civil War ended, numerous peaceful…
NYLI T.V. is now showing…. environmental resources to help you celebrate Earth Day…. To research New York’s take on environmental laws, check out…. And then, there is always the nutshells… NYLI’s nearly 200 including.. And… we can’t forget environmental hero Rachel Carson… And, what would good intentions be without some legislation? This Earth Day —…
Regina Anderson Andrews was a true Renaissance woman — a writer, salon doyenne and librarian. And, she was instrumental in the rebirth of interest in African-American culture… that has become known as the Harlem Renaissance…. Celebrate the life of Regina Andrews Anderson — by learning more about her life by exploring The New York Law…
As NYLI comes to its conclusion of celebrating Women’s History Month, we’d like to focus on a name far from household knowledge… Helen Marot. Any one of her many careers — as a literary editor and author, labor activist, and librarian — is a cause for celebration…. As labor activist, Helen Marot ….investigated child labor…