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The Civil War Fight Over Underage Soldiers

Families turned to habeas corpus to recover enlisted sons, forcing a constitutional showdown over military power.

by Matthew Wills, Rebecca Jo Plant, Frances M. Clarke via JSTOR Daily on May 25, 2026
Underage Enlistment in the United States and the Confederacy

Historians haven't only underestimated the sheer number of underage Union soldiers, they've also overlooked the internal battles those youths provoked.

by Rebecca Jo Plant, Frances M. Clarke via Commonplace on May 2, 2023

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Sullen boy and girl illustration from a 1926 Good Housekeeping article.

Questioning Parental Divorce: The Surprising Origins of a Contentious Debate

The century-long debate over whether parental divorce harms or helps children.

by Kristin Celello via Process: A Blog for American History on November 6, 2025

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The Abandonment of Betty Friedan

What does the academy have against the mother of second-wave feminism?

by Rachel Shteir via The Chronicle of Higher Education on September 11, 2023

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