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March 2022

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How a team of fearless American women overcame medical skepticism to stop a deadly infectious disease and save countless lives

Photographs by Lisa Spindler

It wasn’t just a legend. Archaeologists are getting to the bottom of the city celebrated by Homer nearly 3,000 years ago

Photographs by Rena Effendi

Encountering a long-forgotten waterway in the South that tormented many enslaved people—and yet helped some escape to freedom

A booming market has specimen hunters in the West tracking down rare new varieties of the ancient fruit

Your thoughts on old trees, Abraham Lincoln and a kind veterinarian

From a series of coins to a museum in the making, the groundbreaking achievements of American women gain new visibility

Prologue

The alluring legend of the Connecticut teen who warned that the Redcoats were coming

Abigail Tucker

Prologue

A new appreciation for the works of a serious painter who was also formidable on the ice

Prologue

Pathbreaking lawyer Constance Baker Motley, the “Civil Rights Queen,” propelled the movement for equality

Tomiko Brown-Nagin

Prologue

Edmonia Lewis, the first African American sculptor in the classical mode, was shockingly talented

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