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Forgotten Bestsellers: Women Who Dominated 19th-Century Bookshelves — Then Disappeared

Before Hemingway swaggered through Paris or Fitzgerald gilded the Jazz Age, women ruled American letters. In the mid-19th ...
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What Legendary 19th-Century Women Really Looked Like vs. Their Idealized Paintings

As we scroll through our social media feeds today, we’re bombarded with countless images enhanced by modern photo editing tools. But the desire to perfect one’s appearance isn’t new. In the past, ...
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How 'The Gilded Age' Costumes Center Upper Class Black Women From The 19th Century

Since Peggy’s father, Arthur Scott (John Douglas Thompson), is a pharmacist, their costuming reflects the upper-middle class norms at the time: Arthur dons perfectly tailored suits while Peggy is ...
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Historical perspectives of 19th Century Richmond from The Weekly Messenger: Gender Roles

Richmond Kentucky’s The Weekly Register provided glimpses of traditional gender roles. The issue of Nov. 5, 1852, described ...
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These Stunning 19th-Century Artworks Reveal the Contradictions of the Modern Woman

A new exhibition spotlights James Tissot, whose paintings and prints reflected women’s ever-evolving roles in Victorian society Brigit Katz - Correspondent Works like Tissot's The Convalescent (1872), ...
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Anderson Gallery presents exhibitions on Erie Canal, women in 19th-century asylums

Exhibitions marking the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal, as well as the histories of women institutionalized in 19th-century asylums will open in the UB Anderson Gallery on Sept. 12. “Eighty-Six ...

A legal loophole allowed New Jersey women to vote a century before suffrage

In 1797 the “petticoat band” showed up to vote for the New Jersey state legislature, but only on a technicality. Their impact ...