I love Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.

the rest of the civil war was boring but, what a heart throb. and the battle of gettysburg was intense. Killer Angels was a good book. Now onward- to the progressives!!!!!

Horace Mann being my second favorite after Lucretia Mott.

Pop Quiz: do any of the current "Riot Grrrlz" know what the Seneca Falls conference was and who was involved? I bet you don't.