Sam Houston led Texas to become a US state, but he couldn't stop it from seceding and joining the Confederacy.
Emmeline Pankhurst, the original suffragette, endured nightmares in prison to secure the right to vote—yet few people know her even darker history.
Evelyn Nesbit's famous features made her the darling of the Gilded Age, but her dark secrets mirrored the era’s roiling undercurrents.
Mary FitzRoy, Henry VIII's daughter-in-law, was the most cunning woman in the Tudor Court—but her exploits had a serious body count.
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