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These Stunning 19th-Century Artworks Reveal the Contradictions of the Modern Woman
A new exhibition at the gallery, “Tissot, Women and Time,” explores the ... By the second half of the 19th century, the pace ...
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A Woman of Firsts, Early 20th Century
As a child growing up in Colorado, Illinois, and Vermont in the late 19th century, Florence Sabin lacked musical talent ... career that spawned landmark discoveries and helped inspire women in STEM at ...
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Lady Killers – The lives and crimes of eight 19th-century women
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 ...
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The 19th Amendment was a key step for women's rights in the U.S.
Their goal seemed almost impossible: In 1848, when suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton organized the first convention for women’s rights in Seneca Falls, New York, the right to vote was just one ...