These women first made mushrooms a trend—back in the 1800s
From Lion’s Mane supplements to mushroom 'leather' shoes, mushrooms are having a moment right now. But the trend isn't ...
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From Jealous Spouses to Paranoid Bosses, Pedometers Quantified Suspicion in the 19th Century
The devices were used to track movement and measure productivity—an insightful foreshadowing of our current preoccupation ...
Susan Corso: Crafting Spiritual Fiction In The Gilded Age
Author Susan Corso's "Subversive Lovelies" series, set in New York's Gilded Age, explores the lives of four sisters who ...
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Women's Role in Prohibition: From Temperance to the 21st Amendment
The Prohibition era in the United States, spanning from 1920 to 1933, is often characterized by speakeasies, gangsters, and illicit bootlegging. However, the backbone of the Prohibition movement was ...
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UT Austin professor traces roots of mass incarceration to forced labor of 19th century Black women
University of Texas at Austin Prof. Talitha LeFlouria presented her research about “the South’s most inconspicuous workforce” ...
The New Anti-Abortion Argument Takes Us Back to the 19th Century
My surprise at the natalist argument against abortion is not because I haven’t heard it before. To the contrary, it is ...
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US Suffrage Movement: How Women Won The Right To Vote In US Presidential Elections
The roots of the suffrage movement can be traced back to the early 19th century, alongside the fight against slavery. Women like Lucretia Mott emerged as advocates within the anti-slavery movement.
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ARKANSAS A-Z: Clara McDiarmid made waves as 19th-century reformer
Clara Alma Cox McDiarmid was Arkansas' foremost 19th-century women's reformer. She supported suffrage, temperance, women's ...