The 1910s are a fascinating period in women’s history. For upper class women, the Gilded Age was getting rusty, and many women gleefully discarded the societal rules which had previously governed every aspect of their lives. For lower class women, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911 galvanzied action to unionize and organize. Remember how…

One of the huge challenges I faced when writing about the 1910s was figuring out how people got around New York. When I go to New York, I generally take the subway — or walk! I love to walk the streets of the city. I think all that walking around is the reason my 80-year-old brother is…