Some of the earliest photos of Victorian women have come to light in a revealing album of prints from the pioneering days of photography. The set of pictures taken by Lady Clementina Hawarden, one of Britain's first female photographers, is set to fetch £150,000 at auction.
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Some of the earliest photos of Victorian women have come to light in a revealing album of prints from the pioneering days of photography. The set of pictures taken by Lady Clementina Hawarden, one of Britain's first female photographers, is set to fetch £150,000 at auction.
the photographer Lady Clementina Hawarden (1822-1865). She produced over 800 photographs from 1857-1864 before her sudden death,
I first came across this photograph in a history of 19th century costume. It’s been widely published in print and online so you may well be familiar with it. The author in that book said that the w…
A 3,000-pound granite marker sits at the corner of Dorchester and 53rd Streets where President Barack Obama first kissed first lady Michele Obama.
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In today’s world, nursing is a very popular field of study and a career as a nurse is becoming more and more demanding. However, it took decades for the career to actually gain some sort of credit and recognition. It wasn’t until the 19th century that nursing was truly valued, when many remarkable individuals, mostly women, took the stage to find ways to help the wounded and the sick. Below is a list of ten nurses who have truly changed the field of nursing. Many of them were able to set forth a new stone that would create a path
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The Herald (Los Angeles, California) December 17, 1893
Everybody was getting ready for conflict, but at least they all agreed this map was funny
Hello Everyone! Here is my promised second installment of "The Little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything" by Linda Williams. This ti...
Then, as now, a certain sort of man was fascinated by these so-called petticoat duels, and The Illustrated Police News, Britain’s first tabloid and official worst newspaper, liked to report on them in full. With pictures.
The history of Western film is a pretty good barometer of how beauty standards have changed from decade to decade. We've ricocheted from girlish innocence in the early 1900s, to Flapper-style raunch, to 1970s high-cheekboned neurosis, all the way to…
On March 4, 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first administration began and brought with it the very first woman in a Presidential Cabinet: Labor Secretary Frances Perkins. She's most notably...
Wicca has no shortage of GLBTQ people who contribute to its cultural milieu, but perhaps we should be making a greater effort to include GLBTQ images of deity and mythology. Here are some ideas.
After moving to New York City to take her first job as a layout artist for Random House, Paula Scher was hired in 1972 by CBS Records as an ad designer. However, she had her heart set on the more performative and exploratory art of record sleeve design, a format that she’s become renowned for, havin
