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Elizabeth Arden

In this photograph Elizabeth Arden is seated and holding a stack of papers. She wears a veiled hat and a jacket over her black dress. Her face is…

Ellen Gates Starr

Photograph shows social reformer Ellen Gates Starr (1859-1940). Starr co- founded Hull House with Jane Addams and was first committed long time…

First World War Women's War work Collection

This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. The photograph was taken by a member of the forces…

For Girls, Chapter XV As to Young Men

A small, yellow/green/brown book containing etiquette for young, unmarried women living during the American Progressive Era (1890-1920).

For Girls, Corset Page

Pages 88 and 89 of the For Girls advice book of 1886. These pages contain illustrations of corsets, a fashion item of the period, and descriptions of…

For Girls.

A small, yellow/green/brown book containing etiquette for young, unmarried women living during the American Progressive Era (1890-1920). This is one…

Gowland's Lotion

This freckle-removing lotion recipe contains mercury. Nineteenth and twentieth-century Women often unknowingly added poisonous ingredients to homemade…

Gymnastic Class

A stereoscopic image of women engaging in physical education in order to stay healthy

An all encompassing book for the aid of hair related issues (largely lack of hair growth, but also many other hair related problems). Also answers…