Henry James

Fear of diminishing broodstock got the gals going outdoors.

Before the word processor, perfect copy was the domain of the typist—not the literary genius.

Long before the gallery she built was famously robbed, Isabella Stewart Gardner was shocking 19th-century society with her disregard for convention.

Imported from Europe, the custom of leaving gratuities began spreading in the U.S. post-Civil War. It was loathed as a master-serf custom.