The Victorian era is often remembered for elegance, manners, and refinement — but behind that polished image was a world of disturbing health and beauty practices. Women swallowed arsenic for pale ...

Introduction: Women, Periodicals, and Print Culture in the Victorian Period / Alexis Easley, Clare Gill, Beth Rodgers -- The Rise and Rise of the Domestic Magazine: Femininity at Home in Popular ...

Starting from the Victorian era through the 20th century, feminist movements played a large role in American History by advocating for equal rights. During this time, many women were oppressed by men ...

WYMORE, Neb. (KOLN) - In 1900, some women used cabinet parlor treadle machines to sew clothes for their families. Rayma Volkmer uses hers 124 years later to make styles older than the machine itself.

In a small room, an unoccupied wooden coffin rests in the center. In another, a buttoned-up black wedding dress is paired with a dark, lace mourning veil. On a table lays wreaths of hair and lit ...

From restrictive corsets to bold power suits, women’s fashion has evolved alongside social change - transforming clothing ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. If you’ve ever wondered why upper-class Victorian-era households had so many servants, Caroline Goldthorpe’s ...

LE CLAIRE, Iowa — The public is invited to join the Buffalo Bill Museum of LeClaire at its second Women in History Tea Party on Saturday, June 8 at the Holiday Inn Express LeClaire at 1201 Canal Shore ...

Ahh, Valentine’s Day: the perfect moment to tell your sweetheart how much you love them with a thoughtful card. But what about people in your life you don’t like so much? Why is there no Hallmark card ...