Gender roles in Twentieth-Century America

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…

Suffrage parade in New York City

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

Women assembling cartridges, in Remington Arms Union Metallic Cartridges Co., Inc., Bridgeport, Conn.

Photograph of women working in a factory during World War I

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,…

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…