Lillian Moller Gilbreth Designed My Kitchen

Those of you who know me in real life know that I am what the late great Peg Bracken[1] dubbed a “good cook who likes to.” Over the years, I’ve cooked in many different kitchens, each of which had its own problems. When My Own True Love and I moved into our current house, I…

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Maggie Lena Walker Opens a Bank

Circling back once again to the theme of women entrepreneurs, allow me introduce you to Maggie Lena Walker (1867-1934)[1] , the child of a formerly enslaved, illiterate mother who became the founder and president of an important Black-owned bank. Walker was born in Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederacy, two years after the end…

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From the Archives: Walking Hallowed Ground

Recently My Own True Love and I were at dinner with friends and the conversation turned to the Gallipoli campaign in World War I . [1]  The next day he requested that I run this post again.  It originally ran in 2011, when History in the Margins was brand-new.   I think it holds up. In…

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