The incredible pictures are part of a collection of 2500 mugshots taken by New South Wales Police Department photographers between 1910 and 1930.
There’s a preview screening of the new HBO documentary Regarding Susan Sontag at MoMA today, before it airs on television on December 8. Sontag’s prose style captivated readers and her assertive critical stance never failed to invite controversy.…
As I’ll Keep You Posted notes: "[Aida] was renowned in her own community as an activist for both black entertainment and women's equality. Aida opened the doors for the show business daughters... like Lottie Gee, Florence Mills, Ethel Waters and even Josephine Baker.”
Dr Frances Dick graduated from London School of Medicine for Women and the University of Ireland. Her qualifications included: LSA (Lond) 1891 and MB Bac Surg, Royal University of Ireland 1891. She was the first woman to practise medicine in New South Wales preceding Dr M A Corliss by a few months. She was registered on 13 January, 1892. Format: Photograph Find more detailed information about this photograph: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=447712 Search for more great images in the State Library's collections: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/search/SimpleSearch.aspx From the collection of the State Library of New South Wales www.sl.nsw.gov.au
93 years ago this month, American women won the right to vote. But not before they were ridiculed and vilified.
Until now little was known of Helen Keller's romantic life as the very notion of someone without the ability to hear, see or speak being in love seemed so implausible.
Travelers to the Netherlands might consider a stop in the town of Leeuwarden in the northern part of the country, just several hours by car or train from Amsterdam, for a major retrospective of Dutch-born artist Lawrence Alma-Tadema. The exhibition “Alma-Tadema: Classical Charm” will present about 200 works, including 90 paintings and dozens of drawings, prints, and objects from the artist’s studio in what organizers say is the largest display of the painter’s work to date. The show is on view through February 7, 2017 at the Fries Museum in Leeuwarden, where Alma-Tadema lived as a boy.
Harriet Tubman was a legend in her own time, escaping from slavery and returning to rescue dozens of other slaves as a “conductor” of the Underground Railroad. In April 2016,…
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A list of the top 100 women of history on the web, arranged in the sequence of their popularity in web searches.
Women in the mid-19th century suffering from common mental health conditions were condemned to the asylum to live in appalling conditions.
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Born Araminta “Minty” Ross in Maryland around 1822, “Harriet” adopted her mother’s name after escaping slavery.
Sir James Jebusa Shannon "Diana Manners, later wife of Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich" 1919 by Beth Timken Via...
Nurses climb through the rubble at Farringdon Market, London after a V-2 rocket strike during the last months of WWII. Original Publication: Picture Post - 1967 - One Story We Couldn't Tell - pub. 2...
Chinese-American nuclear physicist Chien-Shiung Wu, also known as "the First Lady of Physics,” contributed to the Manhattan Project and made history.
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How did we get to the point where our hair could be considered “good” or “bad”? The history around the stigma of Black hair might surprise you...or not.
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Vinnie Ream was the first female artist commissioned to create a work of art for the U.S. government
In celebration of women's history month, get the free colouring page and printable poster, featuring twelve famous women and their inspiring quotes.
