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Art that Puts a Spring in Your Step at the Galleries & Bookstore at Library Square

With Easter coming up on Sunday and Mother’s Day coming up next month (Sunday, May 8!), we’re excited to have some one-of-a-kind pieces of Arkansas art that are perfect for your springtime decorating and for those special mothers, stepmothers, godmothers, and anyone else who deserves a treat for Mother’s Day.

Maybe you are the one who deserves a springtime treat!


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Did Your Ancestor Work for Women’s Right to Vote?

Guest post by Bernadette Cahill:

The campaign to win women the right to vote under the U.S. Constitution, beginning in 1848, was the longest such civil rights struggle in American history. The campaign culminated with the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920—seventy-two years after it began.

Arkansas women played a role in this enormous struggle for women’s suffrage,


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“Through a Glass Darkly”: Adapting to Evolving Language

Language changes. This fact is rather frustrating for us editors.

And the irony is that, while online resources can most capably respond to changes in usage, they can also appear the most behind the curve. When many of the nation’s newspapers, for example, decided to capitalize the word “Black” in reference to African Americans,


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