Menu
Excerpts
Exhibits
Collections
Originals
Categories
Map
Search
Person
Alexis Coe
Bylines
“Half Right and Half Wrong.”
There's more to Gerald Ford, "the son of a bitch pardoned the son of a bitch,” than Watergate.
by
Alexis Coe
via
Study Marry Kill
on
September 13, 2023
What Being Unpopular Does to a First-Term President
Some lessons for Joe Biden from the ’70s presidents who lived it.
by
Alexis Coe
via
Slate
on
October 3, 2022
Sluts and the Founders
Understanding the meaning of the word "slut" in the Founders' vocabulary.
by
Alexis Coe
via
Study Marry Kill
on
January 26, 2022
The Insanity Trial of Mary Lincoln
How the self-proclaimed "First Widow" used her celebrity to influence public opinion.
by
Alexis Coe
via
Study Marry Kill
on
November 23, 2021
Primary Sources are a Vibe
Historian Melanie Newport turns to eBay.
by
Alexis Coe
,
Melanie Newport
via
Study Marry Kill
on
November 10, 2021
A Deadly Introduction
Who was Henry Ellett? Looking at his grave you wouldn't know much about him.
by
Alexis Coe
via
Study Marry Kill
on
October 13, 2021
Confession of a Feminist I
A serialized biography of Jane Grant (1892-1972), first woman reporter at The New York Times and co-founder of The New Yorker.
by
Alexis Coe
via
Study Marry Kill
on
March 20, 2021
Why Martha Washington's Life Is So Elusive to Historians
A gown worn by the first First Lady reveals a dimension of her nature that few have been aware of.
by
Alexis Coe
via
Smithsonian
on
February 17, 2021
Chernow Gonna Chernow
A Pulitzer Prize winner punches down.
by
Alexis Coe
via
Study Marry Kill
on
January 30, 2021
George Washington Saw a Future for America: Mules
A newly minted celebrity to the world, the future president used his position to procure his preferred beast of burden from the king of Spain.
by
Alexis Coe
via
Smithsonian
on
February 12, 2020
A New Book About George Washington Breaks All the Rules on How to Write About George Washington
A cheeky biography of the first president pulls no punches.
by
Alexis Coe
,
Karin Wulf
via
Smithsonian
on
February 4, 2020
View All
13
Related Excerpts
Viewing 1—2 of 2
partner
Fights Over American Democracy Reach Back to the Founding Era
In early America, the soaring ideals behind establishing a new democracy were marked by cycles of progress and backlash.
via
Retro Report
on
January 4, 2024
Washington is Named for a President who Owned Slaves. Should It Be?
What's behind the name of the state? And who was our first president, really?
by
Ron Judd
via
The Seattle Times
on
October 11, 2020
