A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

SENECA

Wed, 2 Oct '24
Iroquois nation
Sun, 7 Apr '24
Largest of New York's Finger Lakes
Tue, 16 May '23
___ Falls Convention (milestone in the women's suffrage movement)
Tue, 31 Aug '21
Roman philosopher who said "Life is never incomplete if it is an honorable one. At whatever point you leave life, if you leave it in the right way, it is whole"