By Hannah McCandless Hannah is a first year student in the Women’s History Graduate Program at Sarah Lawrence College. In New York City on Valentine’s Day in 1880, Aida Overton Walker, originally named Ada Wilmon Overton, was born in Greenwich Village. Born to seamstress Pauline Whitfield and waiter Moses Overton, Ada was their second child with an instinctual love of dance. Recognizing her talent early, … Continue reading Aida Overton Walker: Queen of the Cakewalk

By Hannah McCandless Hannah is a first year graduate student in the Women’s History Program at Sarah Lawrence College. A Thanksgiving Memory Grandmother worked in the kitchen for hours leading up to the day of the big event. Mom would make food at home and bring it to grandmother’s house. Aunt May would always bring pie and rolls. I was the only girl of the … Continue reading “Women’s Work” and Thanksgiving Memories