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 ...

Polish women only began to write cookery books and guides in the 19th century, whereas previously, they had been only readers. These also served as a vehicle for their own views – sometimes ...

Kelly Marshall Most 19th-century schoolmistresses are long forgotten ... a University of Delaware art historian. At a time when women had almost no control over legal documents and played a ...

The first half of the 19th century was a time of great change. Industrialization brought new opportunities for employment, changing ideas of work, and economic cycles of boom and bust. During this ...

It was the heyday of the 19th-century daily newspaper ... by 1900 more articles had women’s bylines than men’s. The names in the bylines, however, were often fake. Stunt reporters relied ...

The conditions of camp life—most soldiers slept fully clothed, rarely bathed, and relieved themselves in the woods ... for a lifetime, women who dressed as men in 19th century America clearly ...

“I have always considered the 19th century as a pivotal period of European history and I am convinced that Mompracem and Picomedia will bring a fascinating period drama with a fresh approach to our ...

You might think that beards are popular now, but the mid-19th century was a true golden age ... It was reported that women were training their lovelocks down their face in imitation Whiskers ...

The remains of a 19th-century hospital and cemetery have been ... we are actively working to tell the stories of the enslaved people, women, children, and civilian laborers," Marano explained.