• Recognizing Similes: Fast as a Whip

    Created February 3, 2011

    Andrew Bradford publishes first magazine in colonies, “The American Magazine,” beating Benjamin Franklin by three days

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  • Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall-paper"—Writing Women

    Created January 25, 2011

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