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"Going into Society"This is Chapter 11 in the book Twentieth Century Etiquette. It explains the roles young women and young men can have when entering society in the…
Biographies of Good WivesL. Maria Child published, Biographies of Good Wives, for both the husbands of ‘good’ wives and aspiring ‘good’ wives in 1846. This collection of…
Lydia Maria Child PortraitA portrait of Lydia Maria Child
William B. SpragueA portrait of William B. Sprague
Outdoor Preaching RevivalThis painting depicts an outdoor 1819 preaching sermon organized by Methodists as part of the second great awakening.
Common Sense in the HouseholdA guide written by a woman for women working in the household. Most of the book consists of recipes but there is also several sections on keeping a…
Power of MusicThe Print shows an African American man playing a fiddle and, in reaction, the family dances.
The age of brass: Or the triumphs of woman's rightssatirical cartoon on the consequences of giving women the right to vote
The Ambitious Mother and the Obliging ClergymanSatirical cartoon by Charles Dana Gibson that argues against the practice of arranged marriages, particularly on grounds of wealth or aristocratic…
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