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Jane Addams c.1926Portrait of women's rights activist, social reformer and pacifist Jane Addams. Bain News Service took this picture in 1926.
What a Young Girl Ought to KnowMary Wood-Allen, an American doctor wrote this advice book for young girls on appropriate conduct, health practices, and relationships.
Skin Deep.A small, black book discussing the dangers of contemporary cosmetic products popular among American women. The book offers information on the…
For Girls, Corset PagePages 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…
Arsenical Cosmetic LotionThis is a recipe for a skin-whitening lotion that contains arsenic. Eighteenth and nineteenth-century women often mixed toxic ingredients into their…
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…
For Girls, Chapter XV As to Young MenA small, yellow/green/brown book containing etiquette for young, unmarried women living during the American Progressive Era (1890-1920).
Social Culture: A Manual of Etiquette and DeportmentAnnie Randall White’s book is one of many popular etiquette manuals published during the Progressive Era that expounds on the appropriate behavior for…
Annie Kenney and Christabel PankhurstWSPU leaders Annie Kenney and Christabel Pankhurst advocating for voting rights for women in 1908.
Beauty & The BeastIllustration of the story of the Beauty and the Beast