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 ...

By the second half of the 19th century, the pace of ... from glittering society parties to women of questionable repute ...

Led entirely by women, the American Female Moral Reform Society gave material aid to those in need and pushed for men to be ...

Amazing pictures of 19th century Sydney show life for women in an era when it was a ... the Lion King Quong Tart became a 'proper English gentleman' and married a 'white' Englishwoman The images ...

As the film suggests, the lives of nineteenth-century women were deeply shaped by the so-called “cult of true womanhood,” a collection of attitudes that associated “true” womanhood with ...

In the 18th Century, English common law gave a ... in England and America until the late 19th century. Many feminists claim violence against women is the result of a deeply entrenched patriarchal ...