Erin Blakemore

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The Election Season That Was Weirder Than 2016

One party, four candidates—what could go wrong?

By Erin Blakemore

The Enduring Enigma of the First Woman Executed by the U.S. Federal Government

The first woman executed by the United States received her sentence on June 30, 1865

By Erin Blakemore

The True Story That Inspired One of the Biggest Films of the 1940s

The hit movie was inspired by a story in TIME

By Erin Blakemore

No Counterfeits: The History of the Secret Service

Abraham Lincoln established the agency 150 years ago, on the very day he was shot

By Erin Blakemore

5 Other Women Who Ran For President

Hillary Clinton is not the first

By Erin Blakemore

'Most Wanted': The Long History of the FBI’s Top Ten List

The first such list was first published on March 14, 1950

By Erin Blakemore
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