by Mari K Eder | Jul 1, 2025 | Newsletters
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Martin Luther King Jr. I’m always concerned about the accuracy of the historical research I’ve done, and in particular, what I’m seeing in the quality of some of the articles I’m reading now.... 
by Mari K Eder | Jul 2, 2024 | Newsletters
Schools tend to teach history in Blocks—the Great Depression, the Revolutionary War era, The Gilded Age, and more. These artificial boundaries distract us from one of the greatest lessons we can possibly learn from history—the trends, tides of change, and how evolving... 
by Mari K Eder | Oct 3, 2023 | Newsletters
From my October 2023 Newsletter: In just two weeks, I’ll be in Phoenix, Arizona, where I will be privileged to receive the Historian of the Year Award for 2023 from Historic Hotels of America, part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Historic Hotels... 
by Mari K Eder | Jul 5, 2023 | Newsletters
For the past two years, I’ve spent a considerable amount of time with my new friends, The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line. Those intrepid women, trailblazers in the World War II years and beyond, kept me company throughout the empty span of the pandemic. I learned their... 
by Mari K Eder | Jun 1, 2023 | Newsletters
It is hard to believe that by next June, it will be 80 years since D-Day, four score years since the Allied invasion of Normandy, during a global war, one meant to fight oppression and preserve the peace and freedom of people across the world. This was considered the...