The Yankee was one of America's first cultural publications and a precursor to the independent American press that formed decades later. Founded and edited by John Neal (pictured), it was published in Portland, Maine, between 1828 and 1829. The magazine helped establish the American gymnastics movement, covered national politics, and critiqued American literature, art, theater, and social issues. Many new, predominantly female, writers and editors started their careers with publication and coverage in The Yankee, including many who are familiar to modern readers. Essays by Neal on American art and theater anticipated major changes and movements realized in the following decades. His articles on women's rights and early feminist ideas affirmed intellectual equality between men and women and demanded political and economic rights for women, saying "If woman would act with woman, there would be a stop to our tyranny".

Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yankee

_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1861:

British chemist William Crookes published his discovery of thallium using flame spectroscopy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thallium

1912:

Sultan Abd al-Hafid signed the Treaty of Fes, making Morocco a French protectorate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Fes

1950:

Usmar Ismail began shooting Darah dan Doa, widely recognised as the first Indonesian film. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darah_dan_Doa

1972:

Vietnam War: North Vietnamese forces began the Easter Offensive in an attempt to gain as much territory and destroy as many South Vietnamese units as possible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Offensive

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

what the doctor ordered: (idiomatic) Exactly what is necessary or useful in a given situation; something very beneficial or desirable. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/what_the_doctor_ordered

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

I'm sure you saw the news today that the Russian military command allegedly decided to "reduce hostilities in the directions of Kyiv and Chernihiv." ... I am grateful to all our defenders, to all those who ensure the defense of Kyiv. It is their brave and effective actions that force the enemy to retreat in this direction. However, we should not lose vigilance. The situation has not become easier. The scale of the challenges has not diminished. The Russian army still has significant potential to continue attacks against our state. They still have a lot of equipment and enough people completely deprived of rights whom they can send to the cauldron of war. Therefore, we stay alert and do not reduce our defense efforts.   --Volodymyr Zelenskyy https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy