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Welcome to Women of the Century, a commemoration of the 19th Amendment, a major step toward the universal right to vote in the United States. Here you will find interviews with trailblazing ...
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 ...
Policies—whether in the West or in the Muslim world—are imposed on women, not developed with them or for them. How they dress ...
Discover showtimes, read reviews, watch trailers, find streaming options, and see where to watch Daring Women Doctors: Physicians in the 19th Century (2020). Explore cast details and learn more on ...
In the 19th century, several English women wrote accounts of their world travels. While considered by some as second-rate travellers, they were just as restless as their male contemporaries.
During the 131st Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., women fashioned white pieces of clothing inspired by the early 20th century to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment.
Extremism experts are keeping an eye on an event targeted at women in Washington, D.C. A conservative Christian gathering on the National Mall Saturday aims to bring together anti-LGTBQ, anti ...
She continued her research into medical history and returns to Talk of Iowa to share with host Charity Nebbe prominent women in 19th-century medicine, many tied to the University of Iowa— the ...
Works like Tissot's The Convalescent (1872), pictured here, reflect a sense of unease over a modernizing society that was sweeping women up in its fray. Art Gallery of Ontario. Gift of R.B.F. Barr ...
In the 19th century, wet-nursing — where women were paid to nurse someone else’s child — was widely practiced in Europe. Related article 15 extraordinary discoveries of 2022.