As we enter into the third season of this global pandemic, many of us have transitioned the bulk of our social lives online. And while some may still imagine a solitary hacker in their mind’s eye when they think of the internet, others envision a room crowded with people and ideas. The online space where…

In 2014, New-York Historical Society librarian Maureen Maryanski wrote a short blog post about some fantastic images in our collection. Titled “The ‘Suff Bird Women’ and Woodrow Wilson,” the post described a daring stunt planned by suffragists on Staten Island, who set out to “bomb” President Wilson’s yacht with pro-suffrage leaflets as Wilson approached the…

On Tuesday, May 29, 2018, one block of Columbia Heights between Pineapple Street and Orange Street in Brooklyn was officially renamed in honor of Emily Warren Roebling. Roebling lived on the block with her husband, Col. Washington Roebling, while he served as Chief Engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge from 1869 to 1883. City Council Member Stephen…