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I've read a lot of novels where the characters will agree to meet "an hour before sunrise," or some other really vague time. Was there ever a period in history when people really used such unspecific times to make appointments?

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In 1960 Ruby Bridges was one of six children who passed a test determining whether they could go to an all white school. What was the test, and what was considered “passing” vs “failing”?

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Adoption in the US/Canada in the 1880's-ish. How did it work?

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The Young Samurai Series is a series of young-adult books set in Japan in 1611 to ~1616. In the series, women are apparently considered complete equals in fighting and warfare by both the Samurai and the ninjas. How accurate is this depiction? What role (if any) did women have in battle in that era?

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I've read a lot of novels where the characters will agree to meet "an hour before sunrise," or some other really vague time. Was there ever a period in history when people really used such unspecific times to make appointments?	278
In 1960 Ruby Bridges was one of six children who passed a test determining whether they could go to an all white school. What was the test, and what was considered “passing” vs “failing”?	161
Adoption in the US/Canada in the 1880's-ish. How did it work?	17
The Young Samurai Series is a series of young-adult books set in Japan in 1611 to ~1616. In the series, women are apparently considered complete equals in fighting and warfare by both the Samurai and the ninjas. How accurate is this depiction? What role (if any) did women have in battle in that era?	2