As we scroll through our social media feeds today, we’re bombarded with countless images enhanced by modern photo editing tools. But the desire to perfect one’s appearance isn’t new. In the past, ...

Women artists are out there and not so difficult to find, but once we find them, we have to accept the fact that the art ...

The group, founded by Mira Lloyd Dock and other prominent women in 1882, will host concerts as part of Artsfest on Memorial ...

Malinda Russell was a culinary pioneer in the middle of the 19th century whose “Domestic Cook Book” was the first cookbook authored by an African American woman in the United ... citing conflict of ...

A white Jewish Englishman who came of age during the early 19th century, he spent much of his ... he had fathered children with an African woman. He returned to England with a high opinion of ...

During the 19th and 20th centuries, female reformers promoted the plantings for charity and to spur urban renewal. Then they ...

Alamy An illustration from Carême's book Le Maitre d'hotel Francais depicts typical chef costumes of the early 19th Century (Credit ... inbox twice a week. A woman who allegedly was the ...

A History of the Cowboy Boot is now on view and kicks off the Bata Shoe Museum’s 30th anniversary celebrations.

He wears an earring, his clothes seem to owe more to the 1980s New Romantic movement than 19th-Century costume, and from his affairs with women to his ... during the early 19th Century as the ...

The South Kensington mansion reflects the philanthropist’s heritage, love of family and passion for hospitality Beyond a ...

Before the mid-19th century, it was considered unacceptable for women in Western societies to wear bloomers (pants), as this was seen as a threat to male power. The taboo continued up until the early ...