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I'm an older farmer in the Middle Ages, what do I have to help me get through the day?

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Is there any validity to the argument that resistance to women's suffrage in the United States was in part due to women's suffrage groups working with temperance groups and the prohibition of alcohol being a goal of women?

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May-December marriages are a common trope, but were they really as common as implied?

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How can someone approach doing historical research without graduate training?

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Why was the American Medical Association against Harry Truman's plan for Universal Health Care?

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Outside of diarists, how much did people really write about their lives in the English-speaking world?

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I'm a rural English famer in the Middle Ages, how likely am I to encounter a gold coin?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
I'm an older farmer in the Middle Ages, what do I have to help me get through the day?	170
Is there any validity to the argument that resistance to women's suffrage in the United States was in part due to women's suffrage groups working with temperance groups and the prohibition of alcohol being a goal of women?	23
May-December marriages are a common trope, but were they really as common as implied?	11
How can someone approach doing historical research without graduate training?	4
Why was the American Medical Association against Harry Truman's plan for Universal Health Care?	3
Outside of diarists, how much did people really write about their lives in the English-speaking world?	1
I'm a rural English famer in the Middle Ages, how likely am I to encounter a gold coin?	1