Author Archive : Helen P.

America started the 1800s bursting with the energy of a new nation. Each decade’s developments exceeded the ones before it. Business, politics, geography, culture – all pulsated with progress. But with these changes, came

For Patsy Takemoto Mink, the halls of Congress were a long way from her birth on a Maui sugar plantation. The granddaughter of working-class Japanese immigrants, Patsy was born when Hawaii was just a

Whether we choose them – or they choose us! – our pets are our best companions. Fur, feathers, scales, no matter their exteriors, their presence provides us with countless hours of joy and recreation.

Before we get to the first 2024 U.S. Womens quarter, let’s take a quick look back at history.  The year is 1910. Women don’t have the right to vote. Native Americans aren’t considered U.S.