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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 ...
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A Woman of Firsts, Early 20th Century
As a child growing up in Colorado, Illinois, and Vermont in the late 19th century, Florence Sabin lacked musical talent ... career that spawned landmark discoveries and helped inspire women in STEM at ...
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Lady Killers – The lives and crimes of eight 19th-century women
However, in early 19th-century England, the increased emphasis on domesticity and feminine ideals drew attention to the perceived biological vulnerability of women. From the 1820s, doctors began ...
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‘There is no respectable woman … that sells books!’: The Memoirs of Nineteenth-Century Women Book Canvassers
“‘Your Whole Effort Has Been to Create Desire’: Reproducing Knowledge and Evading Censorship in the Nineteenth-Century Subscription Press”. Bulletin of the History of Medicine 89.3: 463–90. Railton, ...
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19th-Century Polish Women's Cookbooks: The Hatching of a Social Monster
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 ...