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Papers 2018/19

Hamilton: In the room where it happened                                         Diane Turner

The Black Death                                                                                                Betty Hathaway

The Norman Conquest                                                                                  Marylyn Parins

How Religion Influenced History                                                             Lee Moore

The Printing Press                                                                                             Elaine Scott

Impact of Birth Control                                                                                  Judy White

Foods:  The Columbian Exchange                                                             Catherine Cockrell

Discovery of the New World                                                                       Adell Fogelman

A Wrong Turn in Sarajevo                                                                             Angela Sewell

Magna Carta                                                                                                         Audrey Evans

Dams That Changed the World                                                                Lou Ellen Treadway

Fall of Constantinople                                                                                    Nancy Phillips

Universities in the European Middle Ages                                         Frances Ross

Gay Rights                                                                                                              Susan May

1803 in Paris                                                                                                        Marjem Gill

Papers 2019/20

Adam and Eve                                                                                                      Betty Hathaway

The Wright Brothers                                                                                       Catherine Cockrell

 The Roosevelt Quartet                                                                                 Nancy Phillips

Churchill and Roosevelt                                                                                 Dell Fogleman

Gilbert and Sullivan                                                                                          Marylyn Parins

Lewis and Clark                                                                                                  Audrey Evans

Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan                                                                Judy White

Marie and Pierre Curie                                                                                   Lou Ellen Treadway

The Cambridge Five                                                                                         Frances Ross

Anthony and Cleopatra                                                                                   Lee Moore

Italy Met Ireland and World Wide Communication Began       Angela Sewell

The following 4 papers were postponed due to Covid  (see next year's papers)

Eleanor of Aquitaine and Two Kings                                                  Mary Lowe Kennedy

A Heart to Heart:  Cooley vs. DeBakey                                              Diane Turner

Ben Franklin and His Sister Jane                                                           Elaine Scott

Julia and Paul Child                                                                                     Mary Wildgen

Papers 2020/21

Anthony and Cleopatra                                                                                   Lee Moore

Woodstock                                                                                                              Lou Ellen Treadway

Benjamin Franklin and His Sister Jane                                                   Elaine Scott

The Male Brain                                                                                                     Betty Hathaway

History of the AAmerican Cowgirl                                                            Catherine Cockrill

Mrs. Norwood                                                                                                        Frances Ross

Sinking of the Sultana                                                                                        Dell Fogleman

Eleanor and the Two Kings                                                                              Mary Lowe Kennedy

Wrong Turn in Sarajevo                                                                                    Angela Sewell

Henry VIII                                                                                                                 Nancy Phillips

Torch Singers Marylyn Parins

A Heart to Heart Diane Turner

Papers 2021/22

Peppered with Prepositions                                                                          Diane Turner
          (Tribute paper in memory of Elaine Scott)

Deep Learning and the Singularity                                                             Mary Lowe Kennedy

Thomas Edison                                                                                                       Nancy Phillips

The Secret City Catherine Cockrill

Fighting the Future, The Luddites Frances Ross

Electric Cars:  Looking Back and Ahead MaryRoss Taylor

Ada Lovelace Betty Hathaway

The Martian Chronicles Marylyn Parins

Veterinary Medicine and Human Health Angela Sewall

Glimpses into our Universe Dell Fogleman

War and Medicine Diane Turner

Climate Change: How to Avoid a Catastrophe Lou Ellen Treadway

A Bird's Eye View Lee Moore

Mary Wildgen

Papers 2022/23

Clara Barton Lou Ellen Treadway

The Virgin Mary Betty Hathaway

Catherine deMedici Nancy Phillips

Coco Chanel Catherine Cockrill

Ayn Rand Mary Lowe Kennedy

Vera May Atkins Lee Moore

Women Who Changed the World Angela Sewall
(and the men who took credit)

Catherine II, Empress of Russia Frances Ross

Katharine Graham Hayden Rather

Wilma Mankiller Dell Fogleman

Dorothea Lynde Dix Karen Kozlowski

Rachel Carson Mary Wildgen

Gertrude Bell MaryRoss Taylor

Papers 2023/24

Brokerage Houses Nancy Phillips

Imaginary Money Mary Lowe Kennedy

Free Market Philosophy Betty Hathaway

Before Paper Catherine Cockrill

The Absence of Money Lou Ellen Treadway

Lending Interest (Debt) Mary Ross Taylor

Coins and Money Angela Sewall

Money, Money, Money: How It Started, Frances Ross
      Where It's Headed"

Psychology of Money Lee Moore

Ghost Money Karen Kozlowski

Show Me the Money Hayden Rather

UAE: Then Dell Fogleman

UAE: Now Harriet Powell

PAPERS 2024/25

Mysterious Symbols and Ancient Civilizations: Lou Ellen Treadway
          Chauvet Caves

Medieval Mystery Plays Mary Ross Taylor

Music and the Mind Mary Wildgen

The Cambrian Explosion, or Darwin's Dilemma Betty Hathaway

Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her Catherine Cockrill

The Curious Mrs. Christie Nancy Phillips

Scions of Sherlock Mary Lowe Kennedy

They Came, They Settled, Then  Disappeared Frances Ross

Two Unexplained Mysteries Lee Moore

Is There  Life Out There? Dell Fogleman

Mysteries of the Egyptian Pyramids Harriet Powell

If They Were so Wonderful... Angela Sewall

Mystery of the Fouke Monster Susan Wright Carter