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Collage of three images. On the left, a portrait of Jane Colden. Middle, an excerpt from Colden's manuscript. Right, a botanical sketch from Colden's notes.

Remembering America’s First Woman Botanist

Driving along the distinctly suburban stretch of Route 17K in Coldenham, a hamlet in Orange County’s Town of Montgomery, it’s...
Womens' Suffrage March (photo courtesy Library of Congress)

First Women’s March

On December 6, 1912, a group of 200-plus women began marching from Manhattan up the Hudson Valley to the State...