VHarris Writes

By the time she'd graduated from Hartford High School, Laura Wheeler had determined to become an artist. Her father was not pleased.

Part II. 'I'll have no newspapers in this house!' Early in their marriage and certainly as their family grew, Robert Wheeler positioned...

Part I. Victorian values were evident in American social life for much of the 19th century, especially among the middle and upper...

"I remember being taken to the art galleries in Hartford many times...I cannot remember a time I did not have a great thrill with my...

Part 2. An Elite Upbringing... Born into the black social elite Waring spent most of her adult life relatively secure, employed as an...