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These Stunning 19th-Century Artworks Reveal the Contradictions of the Modern Woman
A new exhibition spotlights James Tissot, whose paintings and prints reflected women’s ever-evolving roles in Victorian ...
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Under The Floorboards Of This Institution Were Hidden Clues About What The 19-Century Women There Ate
Between 1817 and 1819, the Hyde Park Barracks in Sydney was built to house male convicts. After convicts stopped being […] ...
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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 ... against the laws of society, and against the laws of nature. Yet such ideals could also work in women’s ...
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Pictures of 19th century Sydney reveal lives of women and Chinese immigrants
Amazing pictures of 19th century Sydney show life for women in an era when it was a ... Quong Tart who went from the goldfields to Sydney society He is the great-grandfather of actor Josh ...
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Women's Role in Contemporary Korea
Women, in general, could not participate in society as men did, and their role was limited to household matters. The situation began to change with the opening of the country to the outside world ...
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19th-Century Polish Women's Cookbooks: The Hatching of a Social Monster
The female authors of 19th-century culinary bestsellers were sophisticated ... but they also contained information on the role of women in society. Written as handbooks for young ladies, housekeepers, ...
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Reading Jewish Women: Marginality and Modernization in Nineteenth-century Eastern European Jewish Society
A fascinating look at how the marginal status of Jewish women enabled them to become agents of modernization in 19th-century Eastern European Jewish society. In this extraordinary volume, Iris Parush ...
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Suffragettes in prison
In the second half of the 19th century and the start of the 20th century, many of the women suffragists in Ulster were also socialists - who demanded radical changes to society and economic equality.
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The history of women cyclists – an uphill climb to equality
Tamsin Johnson is a PhD candidate under the Midlands4Cities (AHRC) Doctoral Training Partnership and is a member of the British Society ... that the 19th-century concerns over women’s ...