The prominent role that Quakers played in calling and attending the 1848 Seneca Falls meeting on women’s rights is ... of Friends in nineteenth-century reforms. Between 1750 and 1830 Friends ...

As we scroll through our social media feeds today, we’re bombarded with countless images enhanced by modern photo editing tools. But the desire to perfect one’s appearance isn’t new. In the past, ...

In the early years of the 20th century, women across the country were uniting in a movement that was growing in strength, ...

It was to have been a celebration of a century of women voting. But the Westmoreland ... when its members voted to ratify the 19th Amendment, just 20 days after Congress passed it.

During this time, she researched how female reformers and activists in ... There it became part of what American women in the late 19th century called “municipal housekeeping.” ...

A fascinating look at how the marginal status of Jewish women enabled them to become agents of modernization in 19th-century Eastern European Jewish society. In this extraordinary volume, Iris Parush ...

In 19th-century Britain and North America, women were regarded as the ‘weaker sex’. Their ability to bear children gave rise to a feminine ideal based on marriage and motherhood, while their ...