Nexus: The Great War\u27s Grain Crisis and the Coming of Prohibition in America

One of the most immediate reasons for the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment was the Grain Crisis of the First World War. The shortage of this food staple enabled Temperance activists to advocate for limits on the brewing of beers and malt beverages. Herbert Hoover oversaw the Commission for Relief in Belgium during this period. Prohibition became law just after the Great War

9 March 1916, Part I: Newton Baker Sworn In as Secretary of War

This invited blog post explores the appointment of Newton D. Baker to the post of Secretary of War during the Woodrow Wilson Administration

Nora Evelyn Cordingley

Nora Evelyn Cordingley worked for the Roosevelt Memorial Association at the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace. She helped Hermann Hagedorn build the extensive collection of materials related to President Theodore Roosevelt starting in the early 1920s until the collection moved to Harvard University in the early 1940s. She also helped in the project to publish Theodore Roosevelt\u27s letters. Ms. Cordingley died in her office within the Widener Library in 1951

Connecting the dots in Huntington's disease with protein interaction networks

Analysis of protein-protein interaction networks is becoming important for inferring the function of uncharacterized proteins. A recent study using this approach has identified new proteins and interactions that might be involved in the pathogenesis of the neurodegenerative disorder Huntington's disease, including a GTPase-activating protein that co-localizes with protein aggregates in Huntington's disease patients

Polyglutamine Dances the Conformational Cha-Cha-Cha

While polyglutamine repeats appear in dozens of human proteins, high-resolution structural analysis of these repeats in their native context has eluded researchers. Kim et al. now describe multiple crystal structures and demonstrate that polyglutamine in huntingtin dances through multiple conformations

100 Years Ago: Wilson Loses Another Cabinet Member

This invited blog post explores the circumstances under Lindley M. Garrison resigned as President Woodrow Wilson\u27s Secretary of War in February 1916

American Battleship at War: USS New York

This invited blog post tells the story of the USS New York, a dreadnought built just prior to the outbreak of the First World War and decommissioned after World War II

100 Years: The Death of John Purroy Mitchel – New York City’s Boy Mayor

The blog post focuses on the life and times of John Purroy Mitchel, the mayor of New York City during the First World War. Mitchel was active in the Preparedness Movement and eventually killed in a military training exercise in July 1918, six months after leaving office

Arnold Whitridge: Scholar and Veteran of Two Armies and Two Wars

This is an invited blog post written for Roads to the Great War, a site dedicated to the study of the First World War edited by historian Mike Hanlon. The article discusses the life and career of Arnold Whitridge, a soldier, scholar and grandson of British poet Matthew Arnold. This is the url: http://roadstothegreatwar-ww1.blogspot.com/2017/01/arnold-whitridge-scholar-and-veteran-of.htm