Legacies of the Gilded Age: Politics, Perspectives, and Public Perception

During the revolutionary year of 1917, there were many foreigners present in Russia who observed the events and offered their commentary. Among them were a number of American women, including journalists, war correspondents, political activists, and famous people such as Julia Grant, granddaughter of Pres. U.S. Grant. They recorded their impressions of the upheaval in poignant eyewitness accounts. They resonate into the present day, 100 years after the Revolution, to help us better understand the relationship between Russia and the United States,