🧵…It gave citizenship, though not voting rights, to roughly 300,000 Native Americans, whose ancestors lived on that land long before colonists arrived.

🧵…lobotomies, insulin-induced comas and aversion therapy — lead to violence, chaos and federal investigations #100yearsagotoday . The massive campus is now home to the Department of Homeland Security…and some happier things. #history

#100yearsagotoday, Johnson took the time to write and tell her which of his children is the best ball player. Take a guess. (You go, girl!) #history #womeninbaseball #walterjohnson #leagueoftheirown #womensprobaseballleague #girlsbaseball

🧵…Three infants died, eventually, and doctors believed it was an outbreak of dysentery. A doctor cleared the home of any wrongdoing — no major investigation necessary — and the society galas and benefits for the home went on, uninterrupted. #history

They had so much fun writing!

🧵from 1864-1870 it was info printed publicly; after rural America called for transparency in 1913, the elites’ taxes were made public in 1924 (overturned 2 years later); then early years of the New Deal briefly saw voluntary publicity, which the wealth class quickly quashed . #history #taxes