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Niagara Fall High School students tell stories of local historic figures through rap
Oakwood Cemetery, founded in 1852, is the final resting place for 22,000 people, including politicians, historical figures and daredevils who dared to brave the Mighty Niagara.
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NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WKBW) â Oakwood Cemetery, founded in 1852, is the final resting place for 22,000 people, including politicians, historical figures and daredevils who dared to brave the Mighty Niagara. Anybody that was anybody in Niagara Falls usually ended up burying here, said Tim Baxter, Director of Operations at Oakwood Cemetery.
Students at Niagara Falls High School didn t even know about some of the historic figures, until they were asked to rap about them.
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by Matt Hickman: Although climbing mountains, documenting exotic lands and traversing some of Mother Nature’s most extreme landscapes might not be considered gender-exclusive activities today…
they were once very much the endeavors of men only. Well, men and a select handful of tenacious women who saw beyond their prescribed societal roles and just went out and did it.
We’ve rounded up several notable female adventurers of the 19th and early 20th centuries who blazed the trail, sometimes literally, for their modern counterparts.
Isabella Bird (1831-1904)
You could say the life of perpetually on-the-move socialite turned globetrotting adventurer turned missionary Isabella Bird served as one big, eye-opening geography lesson for Victorian England. It’s only fitting, then, that after decades of bouncing from continent to continent, Bird became the first woman inducted into the Royal Geographical So
Mar 16, 2021
ALBANY New Yorkers are encouraged to celebrate women’s contributions to state history through events, programming and visits to State Parks and historic sites during Women’s History Month in March.Â
“During Women’s History Month, we are proud to promote and support the undertold stories of women who helped shape our state’s diverse history,” said Erik Kulleseid, commissioner of state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation in a news release. “I welcome visitors to experience our displays, events, virtual programming and online content, as well as through safe, socially-distanced outdoor visits to our sites related to the many roles of women in our common heritage.”Â