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Fighting for Equality - Florence Allen 1884-1966
Florence Allen attended Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve University), graduating with honors in 1904. After graduation, Allen traveled to Germany to further her music studies....
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On Quilts & Uncle Tom - Harriet Beecher Stowe 1811-1896
Harriet Beecher Stowe; 1853 portrait by Alanson Fisher Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly was the most popular American book of the 19th century. First published...
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1828 Mid-West Revivals as Dangerous Entertainment
Frances Trollope, Domestic Manners of the Americans. Written during her stay in America, 1827-1831Mid-West Revivals as Dangerous Entertainment 1828.I never saw any people who appeared to live so much...
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Turquerie by John Singer Sargent (1856 - 1925)
John Singer Sargent (1856 - 1925). Almina, Daughter of Asher WertheimerSee this blog's earlier postings on Turquerie..
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John Singer Sargent (1856 - 1925) from European Loggia to American Veranda
John Singer Sargent (1856 - 1925). Villa Torre Galli The LoggiaJohn Singer Sargent (1856 - 1925). A Gust of WindJohn Singer Sargent (1856 - 1925) On the Veranda at Ironbound Island, Maine..
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John Singer Sargent's (1856 - 1925) Beloved Lily
John Singer Sargent (1856 - 1925). Garden Study of the Vickers ChildrenJohn Singer Sargent (1856 - 1925). Millets GardenJohn Singer Sargent (1856 - 1925). Carnation Lily Lily Rose The same lily was...
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1856 Gentility for Proper American Ladies
The Lady’s Guide to Perfect Gentility etc. By Emily Thornwell (New York: Derby & Jackson, Published 1856) Etiquette Lesson #1: Gait & CarriageA lady ought to adopt a modest & intentionally...
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Timeline of the Fight for All Women’s Right to Vote
19th Amendment: A Timeline of the Fight for All Women’s Right to VoteBy: Sarah Pruitt Updated: History.com July 23, 20241848 - Senecca FallsThe Seneca Falls Convention was the 1st women's rights...
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USA Women Fight To Vote - 19th Amendment
In colonial British America, men were considered superior to woman in all ways. In a strict patriarchal hierarchy, men controlled not only wealth & political power but also how their wives served...
View ArticleStenographers - 19C US Womens Work
In 1863. Virginia Panny wrote that stenographers are employed to write from dictation, generally by authors. Prescott, who was nearly blind for several years, employed one or more. Editors whose...
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Women Flower Sellers - 19C US Womens Work
Flowers are the mementoes of an earthly paradise. They are said to be “the alphabet of angels, whereby they write mysterious things”- the mysteries of God's love & goodness. Earth would be a...
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Women Working Outside the Home in the USA by the 1860s:
Women Working Outside the Home in the USA by the 1860s: The 1860s marked a significant shift in the roles and opportunities available to women in the United States. For much of early American history,...
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1st Woman Clipper Ship Commander Mary Ann Brown Patten 1837 -1861
First Woman Clipper Ship CommanderMary Ann Brown Patten was the first woman commander of an American Merchant Vessel at the age of nineteen. Her husband, the ship’s captain, was severely ill with...
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