Today in history

Includes information on the Ohio Woman's Rights Convention, that opened on May 28, 1851, in Akron. Provides links to the complete text of the convention proceedings, and selections from the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, along with other information about the history of the woman's suffrage movement and women's rights in America. Also includes information about the world-class athlete, Jim Thorpe, who was born in Oklahoma on May 28, 1888. Links are also provided for early baseball pictures, 1860s-1920s, baseballs cards, 1887-1914, and, for photographs of the early days of collegiate football.