As the first woman state paleontologist in the country, Winifred Goldring changed the way New York thought about its natural...

“Conservation of land and conservation of people frequently go hand in hand.” — Eleanor Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt is rightfully lionized...

When it comes to superlatives, the Hudson Valley definitely holds its own. Here are five more sites that rank supreme...

A race in the clouds on the Fourth of July, with one hot air balloon piloted by a woman! That’s...

As thousands of men went off to fight in the American Revolution, many women kept the home fires burning — which...

She built one of the most striking homes on the Hudson River — and the nation’s first female self-made millionaire...

Described by one writer as the “Bob Dylan and Madonna of her generation,” poet Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) was...

From the beginning, stargazing has been part of the curriculum at Poughkeepsie’s Vassar College. That’s because Maria Mitchell — America’s...

They fought for working women’s rights, advocated for vulnerable children, even rescued drowning sailors. And of course, they called for...

Driving along the distinctly suburban stretch of Route 17K in Coldenham, a hamlet in Orange County’s Town of Montgomery, it’s...

I went to church at Fishkill village and returned home through the rain and got very wet but heard a...

A 1999 survey of scholars ranked Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech as the most important American...

In the decades since New York City’s Stonewall Riots brought greater visibility to the U.S. movement for gay rights in...

“Dreams can be made to come true,” said Dorothy Lavinia Brown, who achieved her aspirations by becoming the first African...

The life of Catheryna Rombout Brett — namesake of Scenic Hudson’s Madam Brett Park in Beacon — reads like fiction:...

Black Americans have been making important contributions to life in the Hudson Valley since the 17th century, but only in recent...

Shortly after Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt moved into the White House in 1933, leaving behind the family’s beloved home on...

Imagine being enslaved for 29 years — beginning at the moment of your birth.Imagine being subjected to cruelty that permanently...

Travelers whizzing along Route 17 — perhaps on their way to or from hikes in Harriman or Sterling Forest State...

Something to ponder during Black History Month: Prior to the abolition of slavery in New York in 1827, it was...

With the November 2019 release of the movie Harriet, we remember the courageous action she took in 1860 in Troy,...