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Erin Wright
Erin is a historian who got her MA at Indiana University Indianapolis in History with an emphasis in Public History and a BA at Grand Valley State University dual majoring in History and Writing. Her specialties are women’s history, medical history, and food history. She is the co-founder of History Gals.
Education:Indiana University IndianapolisMA History and Public HistoryGrand Valley State UniversityBA Professional WritingExpertise:Articles by Erin Wright
How did King Louis XIV become embroiled in a complicated controversy now known as the ‘Affair of the Poisons’?
Did the notorious Russian mystic and faith healer Grigori Rasputin really play a part in the Russian Revolution through his association with Tsar Nicholas II?
Marie Antoinette’s dismal reputation with the French people took a nose dive after she was linked to what’s now known as the “Diamond Necklace Affair” though it is highly unlikely she was even involved.
History is littered with examples of historical inaccuracies, many of which, despite being contested, are still a part of our common vernacular.
London Bridge has a long and complicated history, with several different versions being constructed throughout history.
In October 1814, one of the vats full of beer from the Horse Shoe Brewery in London failed, causing a deadly tidal wave of beer.
The traditional image of a pirate is a swashbuckler burly man with a beard, eye patch, peg leg, and parrot on their shoulder. However, there were also several well-known female pirates.
The Mary Celeste, a ship in the 1800s that was found intact with the entire crew and one lifeboat gone, had a rich history before being famously abandoned.