It was the culmination of a century of agitation for women ... the 19th century. Mocked, jailed, beaten, and force-fed, they defied the era’s stereotypes of female propriety. During the ...

Led entirely by women, the American Female Moral Reform Society gave material aid to those in need and pushed for men to be ...

In 19th-century Britain and North America, women were regarded as the ‘weaker sex’. Their ability to bear children gave rise to a feminine ideal based on marriage and motherhood, while their ...

His exposure to the world of fashion began during his early ... that a “battle over women’s access to public space” took place in the later decades of the 19th century, stemming from fervent ...

Tattoos have long been a form of self-expression, and over the past 100 years, women have embraced this art form in various ...

Amazing pictures of 19th century Sydney show life for women in an era when it was a ... The images show how Chinese became 'respectable' during the opium trade and strong anti-racial sentiment ...

Polish women only began to write cookery books and guides in the 19th century, whereas previously, they had been only readers. These also served as a vehicle for their own views – sometimes ...

It was to have been a celebration of a century of women voting. But the Westmoreland ... to every county in Pennsylvania in 1915 during the lead-up to the vote on the state constitutional amendment.

(Photo courtesy of the Historical Society of Montgomery County) Shadd’s tenure must be understood against the broader backdrop of Black education in Norristown during the mid-19th century.

A fascinating look at how the marginal status of Jewish women enabled them to become agents of modernization in 19th-century Eastern European Jewish society. In this extraordinary volume, Iris Parush ...

In Stanisław Wasylewski’s monumental work Życie Polskie w XIX Wieku (19th-Century Polish Life ... Kamil Norwid wrote: ‘Even during sieges and wars, ancient Greek cities never neglected their theatres’ ...