Author: Michelle Steidle

Michelle Steidle is a History Major at Ramapo College, graduating with the Class of 2023. She enjoys historical research, long walks on the beach, and a good joke.

  • Historical Document: Special Agent John A. Dowd in Chicago to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. July 12, 1934

    Overview There is little to nothing known about Mae Capone save for her parents, birthday, and the ways in which she suffered from the actions and decisions made by her…

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    Web Review: Digital History Using New Technologies to Enhance Teaching and Research

    Overview The University of Houston has a Digital History site that covers “The First Americans” to “The 21st Century.” Each time period has sub sections containing an overview and related…

  • Book Review: Strangers in the Land

    Overview Historian John Higham, in his own words, aimed to provide “a semi autonomous scope for belief and emotions” with his book Strangers in the Land. This was a unique…

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    Alphonse “Al” Capone

    Early Life Al Capone, also known as “Scarface”, has become a symbol of the 1920s. He was an active participant in Chicago’s mob scene as he ran speakeasies during Prohibition…

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    The Emergency Quota Act of 1921

    Overview The Emergency Quota Act was part of a long winded effort by Congress to limit immigration into the United States during the early 1920s. This effort began in 1917…

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    The First Commercial Radio Broadcast

    Overview The first commercial radio broadcast announced the results of the 1920 Presidential election and aired on November 2, 1920 from Pittsburgh, PA. At the time of the broadcast 8ZZ…

  • One Hundred Years Since the 1920’s

    The fact that the 1920’s are now one hundred years behind us is a bit jarring. How could that be? Especially when the image of flappers, jazz musicians taking part…

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    What Do the 1920’s Mean to Me Now?

    As the semester has drawn to a close, my perception of the 1920s has not completely changed, but shifted. Originally, I perceived the era through a personal lens because I…

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