A new exhibition spotlights James Tissot, whose paintings and prints reflected women’s ever-evolving roles in Victorian ...

Even so, the antiabortion laws of the mid-19th century were generally born of a sincere concern for women’s health that ... prejudices of the early American frontier, imposing numerous ...

Muskoka Authors Association is thrilled to welcome author Gwen Tuinman as our guest speaker on Thursday, February 13.

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 ...

Amazing pictures of 19th century Sydney show life for women in an era when it was a 'rough man's town' The never before seen photographs show how women of all classes were able to mix for the ...

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 ...

Polish women only began to write cookery books and guides in the 19th century, whereas previously, they had been only readers. These also served as a vehicle for their own views – sometimes ...

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.