Gender roles in Twentieth-Century America

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Gender roles in Twentieth-Century America

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A collection of images and media available in the public domain that showcase gender relations in twentieth-century America

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Biographies of Good Wives
L. Maria Child published, Biographies of Good Wives, for both the husbands of ‘good’ wives and aspiring ‘good’ wives in 1846. This collection of biographies was created to serve as an example to affluent, white women across America in the 17th…

Suffrage parade in New York City
Photograph of female suffragists marching for women's rights in New York City

Beauty & The Beast
Illustration of the story of the Beauty and the Beast

College Hall at Smith College
A photograph depicting Smith College's main building, College Hall, opened in 1875

Photograph of American writer Kate Sanborn
A profile photograph of Kate Sanborn taken while teaching at Smith College

The Crush
Charles Dana Gibson - Reproduced from an original print included in a set of the artist's work

Women of the WCTU at a meeting, 1924
Women belonging to the Committee on Arangements for National W.C.T.U. Convention

"She is doing her part to help win the war."  World War I poster by Howard Chandler Christy (1873-1952).
World War I poster by Howard Chandler Christy (1873-1952). "She is doing her part to help win the war." Poster showing a woman cooking with corn meal, oats, and barley. Girls too young for paid jobs learned how they could help the war effort. …

New Woman — Wash Day
A satirical photo from 1901, with the caption "New Woman — Wash Day". Shown is a woman wearing knickerbockers and knee socks — traditional male attire — and smoking a cigarette, supervising as a man — who appears to be wearing a dress and apron —…
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