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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. Growing up, I was blessed with thick hair. Without fail, whenever I’d get a haircut, hairdressers would comment on how lucky I was to have such a full head of hair. Of course, that was then and this is now. After being diagnosed with lupus in my mid 20s, medications that I’ve taken since then make it so my hair isn’t exactly the same as it was when I was a kid or teen....

Home > Primary Sources > Poetry > Walt Whitman > Walt Whitman: By Blue Ontario’s Shore TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about. Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs? The Twelve Dancing Princesses Current Events This Week: January 2023 African Americans by the Numbers Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales By Blue Ontario’s ShorePart 1By blue Ontario’s shore, As I mused of these warlike days and of peace return’d, and the dead that return no more, A Phantom gigantic superb, with stern visage accosted me, Chant me the poem, it said, that comes from the soul of America, chant me the carol of victory, And strike up the marches of Libertad, marches more powerful yet, And sing me before you go the song of the throes of Democracy....

Home > Primary Sources > Poetry > Walt Whitman > Walt Whitman: Pensive on Her Dead Gazing TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about. Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs? The Twelve Dancing Princesses Current Events This Week: January 2023 African Americans by the Numbers Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales Pensive on Her Dead GazingPensive on her dead gazing I heard the Mother of All, Desperate on the torn bodies, on the forms covering the battlefields gazing, (As the last gun ceased, but the scent of the powder-smoke linger’d,) As she call’d to her earth with mournful voice while she stalk’d, Absorb them well O my earth, she cried, I charge you lose not my sons, lose not an atom, And you streams absorb them well, taking their dear blood, And you local spots, and you airs that swim above lightly impalpable, And all you essences of soil and growth, and you my rivers’ depths, And you mountain sides, and the woods where my dear children’s blood trickling redden’d, And you trees down in your roots to bequeath to all future trees, My dead absorb or South or North—my young men’s bodies absorb, and their precious precious blood, Which holding in trust for me faithfully back again give me many a year hence, In unseen essence and odor of surface and grass, centuries hence, In blowing airs from the fields back again give me my darlings, give my immortal heroes, Exhale me them centuries hence, breathe me their breath, let not an atom be lost, O years and graves!...

Home > Primary Sources > Poetry > Walt Whitman > Walt Whitman: Sail out for Good, Eidolon Yacht! TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about. Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs? The Twelve Dancing Princesses Current Events This Week: January 2023 African Americans by the Numbers Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales Sail out for Good, Eidolon Yacht!Heave the anchor short! Raise main-sail and jib—steer forth, O little white-hull’d sloop, now speed on really deep waters, (I will not call it our concluding voyage, But outset and sure entrance to the truest, best, maturest;) Depart, depart from solid earth—no more returning to these shores, Now on for aye our infinite free venture wending, Spurning all yet tried ports, seas, hawsers, densities, gravitation, Sail out for good, eidolon yacht of me!...

Home > Primary Sources > Poetry > Walt Whitman > Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 35 TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about. Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs? The Twelve Dancing Princesses Current Events This Week: January 2023 African Americans by the Numbers Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales Part 35Would you hear of an old-time sea-fight? Would you learn who won by the light of the moon and stars?...

You’re in a monogamous relationship, and you and your partner are ecstatic to learn you’re going to be parents. First of all, congratulations on this exciting new chapter of your lives and relationship! You may be feeling a little overwhelmed, but you’ve got this. One of the most important ways to start off parenthood on the right foot is by ensuring you receive top-notch prenatal care — and yes, that includes testing for sexually transmitted infections....

When my son was a toddler, like most small children, he loved everyone. He understood the fluidity of gender because we talked about it often. We read books like My Princess Boy, 10,000 Dresses, and The Boy With Pink Hair. My queer identity and core belief that gender is a social construct devoid of meaning are important to me, and these values are central to how I parent. My son knew that toys, colors, clothes, and hobbies were not only ‘for boys’ or ‘for girls’, he knew he was free to choose how he played and how he dressed....

Home > Primary Sources > Books & Plays > William Shakespeare > William Shakespeare: As You Like It, Dramatis Personae TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about. Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs? The Twelve Dancing Princesses Current Events This Week: January 2023 African Americans by the Numbers Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales Dramatis PersonaeDuke Senior, living in banishment.Duke Frederick, his brother, an usurper of his dominions....

Home > Primary Sources > Books & Plays > William Shakespeare > William Shakespeare: Henry V, Act I TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about. Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs? The Twelve Dancing Princesses Current Events This Week: January 2023 African Americans by the Numbers Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales Act IPrologueEnter ChorusChorusO for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act And monarchs to behold the swelling scene!...

Home > Primary Sources > Books & Plays > William Shakespeare > William Shakespeare: Othello, Act III, Scene IV TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about. Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs? The Twelve Dancing Princesses Current Events This Week: January 2023 African Americans by the Numbers Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales Scene IVBefore the castleEnter Desdemona, Emilia, and ClownDesdemonaDo you know, sirrah, where Lieutenant Cassio lies?...

Home > Primary Sources > Books & Plays > William Shakespeare > William Shakespeare: Richard II, Act V, Scene V TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about. Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs? The Twelve Dancing Princesses Current Events This Week: January 2023 African Americans by the Numbers Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales Scene VPomfret castleEnter King RichardKing Richard III have been studying how I may compare This prison where I live unto the world: And for because the world is populous And here is not a creature but myself, I cannot do it; yet I’ll hammer it out....

Home > Primary Sources > Books & Plays > William Shakespeare > William Shakespeare: The Tempest, Dramatis Personae TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about. Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs? The Twelve Dancing Princesses Current Events This Week: January 2023 African Americans by the Numbers Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales Dramatis PersonaeAlonso, King of Naples.Sebastian, his brother.Prospero, the right Duke of Milan....

Home > History > Women’s History > Women’s History Month TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about. Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs? The Twelve Dancing Princesses Current Events This Week: January 2023 African Americans by the Numbers Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales Women Inventors A partial list of the many ingenious inventions by women. Women’s History Month Nobel Winning Scientists Nobel Peace Prize Winners Pulitzer Prize Winners in Literature Pulitzer Prize Winners in Journalism Women Rulers of the World National Women’s Hall of Fame Invention Inventor Year Battery container Nancy Perkins 1986 Beehive Thiphena Hornbrook 1861 Canister vacuum Nancy Perkins 1987 Car heater Margaret Wilcox 1893 Circular saw Tabitha Babbit 1812 Computer program Augusta Ada Byron 1842 Cooking stove Elizabeth Hawk 1867 Dam and reservoir construction Harriet Strong 1887 Direct and return mailing envelope Beulah Henry 1962 Dishwasher Josephine Cochran 1872 Drinking fountain device Laurene O’Donnell 1985 Electric hot water heater Ida Forbes 1917 Elevated railway Mary Walton 1881 Engine muffler El Dorado Jones 1917 Feedback control for data processing Erna Hoover 1971 Fire escape Anna Connelly 1887 Globes Ellen Fitz 1875 Grain storage bin Lizzie Dickelman 1920 Improved locomotive wheels Mary Jane Montgomery 1864 Improvement in dredging machines Emily Tassey 1876 Improvement in stone pavements Emily Gross 1877 Kevlar, a steel-like fiber used in radial tires, crash helmets, and bulletproof vests Stephanie Kwolek 1966 Life raft Maria Beaseley 1882 Liquid Paper correction fluid Bette Nesmith Graham 1956 Locomotive chimney Mary Walton 1879 Medical syringe Letitia Geer 1899 Mop-wringer pail Eliza Wood 1889 Oil burner Amanda Jones 1880 Permanent wave for the hair Marjorie Joyner 1928 Portable screen summer house Nettie Rood 1882 Refrigerator Florence Parpart 1914 Rolling pin Catherine Deiner 1891 Rotary engine Margaret Knight 1904 Safety device for elevators Harriet Tracy 1892 Street cleaning machine Florence Parpart 1900 Submarine lamp and telescope Sara Mather 1870 Suspenders Laura Cooney 1896 Washing machine Margaret Colvin 1871 Windshield wiper Mary Anderson 1903 Zigzag sewing machine Helen Blanchard 1873...

Ghosts haunt the streets. Witches cackle in the night. And kids of all ages canvass the neighborhood for delicious candy. It’s Halloween — one of the best holidays of the year for kids and kids-at-heart! (You get to dress up and eat your fill of sugar? Yes, please!) But before you can get to the good stuff, you have to help your kids pick out a costume. Do they want to be something beautiful or scary?...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. Now that the weather is getting colder, we can’t help but think about taking that ever-so-needed beach vacation. It may have been awhile since you last went on a getaway, so it might be time to invest in a durable new suitcase. But, let’s face it, dishing out more than $300 for luggage can be quite the burden on your wallet....

Friday came with a jolt to my heart as I navigated through Facebook: A friend in a group posted about how a Utah school quietly announced that they were going to allow students and families to opt-out of Black history teachings this month. Although the school has since backpedalled from this announcement due to the inevitable rightful backlash that followed, the feeling didn’t immediately go away. The act was already done, and it was appalling....

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. I love my boyfriend — he’s an incredibly caring partner who brings so much joy into my life — but I truly think he should be entered into the Guinness Book of World Records for his ability to radiate body heat at all times. I mean, it could be the middle of a snowstorm and he’d still be able to warm up a 10-foot radius with ease....

Last night, my parents hosted Chanukah dinner for my siblings and our significant others. My father declared it the best Chanukkah he’s ever had. It was truly joyous. We took down several shots of vodka (we are of Russian Jewish heritage) toasting to good health and a drama-free new year. Our family hasn’t had a holiday season like this in a few years. In January of 2018, I was diagnosed with a rare form of non-hodgkin lymphoma, one that afflicts otherwise perfectly healthy young women....

All of the seasons in the year contain about the same amount of days (yes, we actually Googled it), but why does the summer seem to go by the quickest? Maybe it’s all of the sitting in the sun, visiting friends and family, and hosting BBQ’s that last all weekend that make the time seem to fly. Just like that, the summer will be ending and it will be time to get those kiddos back in school mode....

I am not an essential worker — not like my husband, who works at a nearby grocery store. Still, looking back on every day since this pandemic started, it’s felt like I’ve been on the front lines. I’m helping my six-year-old daughter navigate Zoom classrooms, tackle new math problems, and read harder words. If it weren’t for COVID-19, she would be at school; I wouldn’t be right here, witnessing the joy and excitement she gets from learning....