As many of my readers know, I am currently working on a compilation of cat stories for my upcoming book, The Cat Men of Gotham: Tales of Feline Friendships in Old New York. The book features 42 stories in nine cat-lives chapters. In addition to some favorite stories from my Hatching Cat blog, there are […]
Posts Tagged ‘Old New York’
1885: Black Jack, the Police Hound Pardoned at Concordia Hall on Lower East Side
Posted: 2nd July 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Dog TailsTags: Concordia Hall, John H. McCullagh, Kleindeutschland, New York City History, Old New York, Sozialistischer Frauenbund
In a recent post, I wrote about Mrs. Arthur Murray Dodge, an anti-feminist who cared deeply for children and stray cats, but who strongly opposed the women’s suffragist movement. This following animal tale of Old New York features a woman named Miss Block, a German feminist whom I’m certain was strongly in favor of giving women the right to vote. […]
