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The article focuses on the impact of women's votes on Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research director Dr. Simon Flexner's fight to resist implementation of antivivisection regulation in New York in the early twentieth century. Topics discussed include the prevalence of vivisection in the U.S. after 1900 and the First World War, women's roles in the antivivisection initiatives like that of Diana Belais and the new political power created after legalization of women's suffrage.

The article focuses on the American sociologist W. E. B. Du Bois's 1901 series of New York Times newspaper articles that analyze Black life in New York City, U.S. Topics discussed include Du Bois's examination of racial and class divisions between Northern and Southern African Americans; the historical context of Black urban experiences; and the relevance of Du Bois's insights for contemporary discussions on race and urbanization.

The article focuses on the enduring presence of the Dutch language in New York, U.S., well after the English conquest in 1664. Topics include the influence of entrenched Dutch-speaking communities and the Dutch Reformed Church; the limited immigration and geographic isolation that helped preserve the language; and the social and linguistic dynamics that contributed to Dutch's persistence into the 19th and early 20th centuries.

The article focuses on the precarious freedom experienced by escaped enslaved people in New York City, U.S., with a detailed account of one individual's struggle. Topics include the challenges faced by African Americans fleeing slavery; the role of New York as a refuge despite its limitations; and the specific case of Nat, an escaped enslaved man from Maryland whose journey to and life in New York illustrate the broader complexities of seeking freedom in the antebellum period.

The article offers information on the execution of Deyon, an enslaved teenage girl, for the murder of a six-year-old child in early 19th-century Ulster County, New York. Topics discussed include the impact of slavery on the societal and legal response to the crime; the role of the grist mills and the Bruyn family's enslavement practices; and the broader historical context of fear and control within a society deeply entrenched in slavery.

The article offers information on the 1917 murder of Ruth Cruger and its broader social and political ramifications in World War I-era New York City, U.S. Topics discussed include the role of female lawyer Grace Humiston in exposing police mishandling of the case; the public scrutiny of police corruption and immigrant tensions; and how the case reflected shifting attitudes toward gender and wartime loyalty.

The article focuses on the political career and opportunism of Fernando Wood, a prominent and controversial New York City, U.S., politician of the 19th century. Topics include discussed his use of mass electoral mobilization combined with elite alliances; his role in real estate speculation and leveraging political power for personal gain; and the formation of his faction, Mozart Hall, which highlighted the transactional nature of Gilded Age politics.

The article focuses on the political activism of women teachers in New York City, U.S., particularly their fight for equal pay between 1897 and 1917. Topics include the role of teacher organizations in advocating for equal pay and women's political rights; the influence of suffragists and political reformers on these efforts; and how the Interborough Association of Women Teachers became a significant force in linking the equal pay movement with the suffrage movement.

The article focuses on James Spencer Whipple's role as New York State's, U.S., "Indian Expert" and his influence on Progressive Era conservation policies. Topics include his push to bring Indigenous peoples under state control while promoting state reforestation efforts; the impact of his policies on Indigenous sovereignty and natural resource management; and his political alliances that benefited non-Indigenous landholders in Seneca territory, Native American nation territory.

The article focuses on George Palmer Decker's defense of the Six Nations' treaty rights during the Progressive Era, and his significant legal contributions to Indigenous sovereignty. Topics include his legal battles on behalf of the Oneida Nation; collaboration with Haudenosaunee hereditary chief Cayuga Chief Deskaheh in challenging Canadian interference at the League of Nations; and his sacrifice of political advancement in order to defend the treaty rights & sovereignty of Iroquois nations.