Lindsey Konkel
Lindsey Konkel is a freelance journalist based in southern New Jersey. Her focus is science and health. She loves when these topics intersect with history.
Articles From This Author
When the Golden Gate Bridge Flattened by 7 Feet—and Other Surprising Facts About the San Francisco Icon
The 1.7-mile-long Golden Gate Bridge, an icon of the San Francisco Bay region, connects the city of San Francisco to Marin County, California. At its completion in 1937, the suspension bridge was considered an engineering marvel—the longest main suspension bridge span in the ...read more
How the First 10 U.S. Presidents Shaped the Role of the Nation's Top Office
On February 4, 1789, electors chose George Washington to be the first president of the United States. Washington’s term, and those of the next 10 presidents, would prove to be a critical six decades in American history. Previously, states had governed much like independent ...read more
The Final Days of John Wilkes Booth
On the night of April 14, 1865, well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth slipped into the presidential box at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., and shot President Abraham Lincoln in the head, mortally wounding him. Booth may have fired the bullet that assassinated the ...read more
How Did the Gold Standard Contribute to the Great Depression?
The causes of the Great Depression were numerous, and after the stock market crash of 1929, a number of complex factors helped to create the conditions necessary for the longest and deepest economic downturn in modern history. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s decision to take ...read more
How Presidential Assassinations Changed U.S. Politics
Four U.S. presidents have been murdered while in office – all were brought down by gunfire. And each of these presidential assassinations helped usher in a wave of important reforms and a new political era. Abraham Lincoln’s assassination dramatically changed the Reconstruction ...read more
Life for the Average Family During the Great Depression
The Great Depression (1929-1939) was the worst economic downturn in modern history. The preceding decade, known as the “Roaring Twenties,” was a time of relative affluence for many middle- and working-class families. As the economy boomed, new innovations allowed for more leisure ...read more