Kelly Marshall Most 19th-century schoolmistresses are long forgotten ... a University of Delaware art historian. At a time when women had almost no control over legal documents and played a ...

But nineteenth-century Americans were eager to represent ... The Beecher Sisters on Women's Rights and Woman’s Sphere." ...

Led entirely by women, the American Female Moral Reform Society gave material aid to those in need and pushed for men to be ...

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 ...

Stone fought against slavery and was a pioneer for women’s rights in the 19th century. “Lucy Stone grew up in a world where men’s voices rang out, but women swallowed their words ...

Deb Erdley Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020 8:03 a.m. | Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020 8:03 a.m. Tennessee tipped the scales to codify women’s suffrage in the U.S. Constitution 100 years ago Tuesday, becoming the ...