In the early 1900s, Ladies' Home Journal took up a crusade against homework, enlisting doctors and parents who say it damages children's health. In 1901 California passed a law abolishing homework!
In the 1930s, car companies turned to some pretty strange tactics to earn back American consumers after the Great Depression. In 1938, Chevrolet released this pirate-themed cartoon, featuring the company's new Master sedan.
A graduate of Yale University, Clifford Beers founded the Clifford Beers Clinic in 1913, America's first outpatient mental health clinic. His work would establish a foundation for caring for people suffering with mental illness in America.