Uncle Tom’s Cabin In matters of art there is but one rule, to paint and to move. And where shall we find conditions more complete, types more vivid, situations more touching, more original, than in Uncle Tom? –George Sand On June 5, 1851, Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly began to appear in […]
Congress Approves Nineteenth Amendment On June 4, 1919, Congress, by joint resolution, approved the woman’s suffrage amendment and sent it to the states for ratification. The House of Representatives had voted 304-89 and the Senate 56-25 in favor of the amendment. Disagreement on whether the best strategy was to pursue enfranchisement through a federal amendment […]
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Leonard Boswell introduced the Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity Expansion Act to make it easier for manufacturers, small businesses, and others to move their product via freight rail. With gas prices still high, this legislation would provide more options for interstate commerce by expanding freight rail capacity through investment incentives for […]
Orator of Liberty Patrick Henry was born on May 29, 1736, in Studley, Virginia. He was a brilliant orator and an influential leader in the opposition to British government. As a young lawyer, he astonished his courtroom audience in 1763 with an eloquent defense based on the doctrine of natural rights—the political theory that man […]
Votes For Women On May 28 and 29, 1851, the Ohio Woman’s Rights Convention met in Akron. Mrs. Frances D. Gage, convention president, began the proceedings with a stirring call to arms: Are not the natural wants and emotions of humanity common too, and shared equally by both sexes? Does man hunger and thirst, suffer […]
Washington, DC – Today, the House passed Congressman Leonard Boswell’s amendment to authorize a study into the incidence of breast cancer in U.S. soldiers and veterans, and potential exposure risks, when it passed the National Defense Authorization Act. “Leading into Memorial Day weekend, I am pleased that we can finally begin to shed light on […]
DAVENPORT, IA – Following his earlier guilty plea on February 25, 2011, Terrence Deshawn Dunn, age 36, formerly of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced on May 24, 2011, to 60 months of imprisonment for one count of threats against the President, and 96 months of imprisonment for one count of making a threat to unlawfully damage […]
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Leonard Boswell will urge his colleagues to vote for his amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act which would commission a study on the incidence of breast cancer in members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and analyze contributing factors. The amendment will be considered by the House this afternoon. […]
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Leonard Boswell submitted an amendment to the House Rules Committee for the National Defense Authorization Act that would commission a study on the incidence of breast cancer in members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and analyze contributing factors. The Rules Committee will consider the amendment tonight. “There is significant […]
Death of Martha Washington “I am fond of only what comes from the heart.” -Martha Washington On May 22, 1802, the first of first ladies, Martha Dandridge Custis Washington died of a severe fever. When she married George Washington in January 1759, she was twenty-seven years old and a widowed mother of two. She was […]
