Natalia Mehlman Petrzela

Mother Teresa advocated reusing hypodermic needles for the poor in her care. Margaret Sanger promoted birth control as a way to keep 'undesirable' minorities from procreating. To understand history's lionized women, we need more nuanced portraits.

The advent of electricity changed the way we sleep.

People were once ridiculed for eating leftovers.

Millions of children pack their bags each year and head to camps ranging from the rustic to the super-luxurious. But it was not always so.