Rebecca Brenner Graham

Sep 15, 2025

Who Was George Washington's Mother?

A new biography examines how 19th-century Americans remembered Mary Ball Washington, who raised the future president largely on her own after her husband’s death in 1743
May 23, 2025

Culture Wars and the Library of Congress

Thomas Jefferson wanted to donate his personal collection of books to the Library of Congress. But critics thought those books were un-American.