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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

who were African American troops in the U.S. Army who served on the American frontier in the 19th century. Membership to the National Association of Black Military Women is also extended to family ...

Even so, the antiabortion laws of the mid-19th century were generally born of a sincere concern for women’s health that ... prejudices of the early American frontier, imposing numerous ...

After generations of struggle for suffrage, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed in 1919 and ratified in August 1920. To mark the centennial anniversary of women’s suffrage in 2020, ...

It was to have been a celebration of a century of women voting. But the Westmoreland ... when its members voted to ratify the 19th Amendment, just 20 days after Congress passed it.

She is also recognized as the only known female Buffalo Soldier, who were African American troops in the U.S. Army who served on the American frontier in the 19th century. Membership to the National ...