Icaria was guided by a single principle: “to each following his needs, from each following his strengths,” as Cabet put it. Courtesy of Cathy Riley / French Icarian Colony Foundation Icaria was ...

In the middle of the final decade of the 19th century, Britain was the most powerful and richest nation on earth, with the largest empire ever known. The nation might be thought to have had nothing of ...

Influencers organizing around the hashtag #Tradwife have claimed the mantle of historical memory by tracing a line from Victorian wives and mothers to idealized 1950s housewives to themselves. They ...

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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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 ...

Though she’s dressed in an opulent, fur-trimmed gown in a palatial French home sometime in the mid-19th century, her silent fury is recognizable to women the world over who’ve contained their ire to ...

Hidden in American history, all women's medical schools began to appear in the mid 19th century long before women had the right to vote or own property. "Daring Women Doctors" highlights the intrepid, ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. At Bethel’s 1874 Centennial celebration on Bethel Common are, “16 young ...

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