Allison Rauch
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Allison Rauch is a media team intern at Encyclopaedia Britannica for fall 2023. She is expected to graduate in 2024 for Northwestern University with a journalism degree. Allison loves history, sports, and pop culture, and she’s passionate about using media to share these topics with others.
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What was the Lavender Scare? The Lavender Scare was a moral panic in the United States in the mid-20th century over the supposed security threat posed by gay and lesbian federal employees. It roughly coincided with the Red Scare and lasted from about 1947 to 1975. Who popularized the term Lavender…
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