I LOVE HISTORY! I read it just for fun, it's great! It's one of my favorite subjects, I especially love uncovering forgotten stories no ones ever heard of.
Betcha never heard of Anna Ella Carrol. She wrote the Tennessee River Plan, which basically turned the tide for the Union and won the Civil War. She never got recognized or properly paid.
Then there's Empress Theodora, wife to Justinian, a major part of the Byzantine empire.
And a recent new favorite, Booker. T. Washington. He founded Tuskegee University, and did so much to help the newly freed slaves during the Reconstruction Period, and he wrote a book which I loved, called Up From Slavery. K, sorry that was long.
I really think history is so wonderful, and it's important to study it, it really does repeat itself, especially in economics. There is so much to learn from the past.