The first women on the campus of William & Mary were enslaved women, who cooked and cleaned for the faculty and students during the late 18th and early 19th Century. Women have always been a part of ...

Inheritance and Independence: Women’s Status in Early Colonial Jamaica. William and Mary Quarterly 48(1):93–114 ... The Most Cruel and Revolting Crimes: The Treatment of the Mentally Ill in ...

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 ...

As a child growing up in Colorado, Illinois, and Vermont in the late 19th century, Florence Sabin lacked musical talent—but that ended ... What followed was a long and illustrious career that spawned ...

Many of his subjects were fashionable, bourgeois women, whom he depicted in an array of settings that reflected the many facets of modern life in the late 19th century. In brightly colored ...

Amazing pictures of 19th century Sydney show life for women in an era when it was a 'rough man's town' The never before seen photographs show how women of all classes were able to mix for the ...

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

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 ...

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 ...