The German was surrounded by beautiful prostitutes ... In Hachioji, he wrote he was surrounded by around 30 beautiful women called “yujo,” or prostitutes. A municipal official ordered them ...

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 ...

Clara Zetkin was a German leader who engaged with the question of women within the socialist movement. Here is how her ...

The first half of the 19th century was a time of great change. Industrialization brought new opportunities for employment, changing ideas of work, and economic cycles of boom and bust. During this ...

International Women's Day, observed on March 8, traces its roots to early feminist movements, labour protests, and ...

Though local suffrage slowly opened to women in many states, suffragists continued their fight for national voting rights through the 19th century. Mocked, jailed, beaten, and force-fed ...