The thickness, colour and texture of facial and head hair showed character traits about men and women, it was believed in ...

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

A spate of historical paintings depicting unhappy brides—the opposite of wedded bliss—have been making the rounds on social ...

Never mind Hawthorne and Thoreau— the women of mid-19th century New England had their own ambitions for writing and life.

Prom marks the rite of passage that teens have celebrated since the 19th century. But it wasn't always about 'promposals,' ...

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 ...

The “lady detectives” of the stage prepared audiences for the real women who would join police forces and investigative ...

In the late 19th century, several female French painters left their mark on the Impressionist movement with their talent and artistic vision. Long overlooked, they are now rightfully being brought ...

Tuesday marks a full century since the ratification ... the 100-year anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which ensured women the right to vote.

Another layer of creativity in the production was setting the performance to “Das Jahr” by composer Fanny Mendelssohn, another 19th-century female creative who was not recognized for her work until ...