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The best Social History newsletters

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Histories

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gethistories.com· weekly· Published 7 days ago

Histories publishes weekly stories from lesser-known corners of history, drawing on the words of people who were there, plus pieces on the origins of everyday things and cultural works. Recent issues cover the origins and characters of Alice in Wonderland and a working-class diarist's account of a 1805 night out.

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gildedheiresses.com· weekly· Published 5 days ago

Narrative history essays about American heiresses of the Gilded Age, their marriages into European aristocracy, and the households they ran. Readers get well-researched stories about individual women, families and domestic life, tied to the world of HBO's The Gilded Age.

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theredhairedstokie.co.uk· irregular· Published 9 days ago

A local history newsletter from Stoke-on-Trent that uncovers overlooked stories of the Potteries and Staffordshire, from working women in the potbanks to the city's industrial sites. It also promotes the author's photography calendar and other local offerings.

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myorphos.com· weekly· Published 5 days ago

MyOrphos republishes historical columns and dispatches by E. R. Calhoun, a Southern writer of the 1930s, on topics such as Alabama tax debates, barbering, and post-Prohibition liquor sales. Each issue adds modern historical commentary that places the original pieces in their social and political context.

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