March 25: “Hurrah, and vote for suffrage! Don’t keep them in doubt.” —Febb Burn, a 47-year-old widow, in a letter to her son, ...

Amid a tidal wave of hype and scams, they soared like Icarus — then crashed like the Hindenburg. But why did it happen, and could they ever make a comeback? Io Dodds remembers the rise and fall of the ...