1900s

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What Even Is It? Eugenics

17 Apr 2022 2 minute read 0 comments ThinkingRed

In 1883, Sir Franic Galton coined the term eugenics, the idea of forced sterilization to eradicate “unfit” traits. From the beginning of the 20th century up until the 1960s, politicians accepted this oversimplified version of genetics as a fact,...

1901 - Funeral of Queen Victoria

11 Jun 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Farmer Chad

After ruling the British Empire for 63 years, Queen Victoria's death was mourned around the world and signaled the end of the Victorian Era.  In the image above, her coffin is laid to raid at Windsor chapel, after being transported from the Isle of...