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The Daring 19th-Century Reformers Who Sought to End Prostitution by Offering Financial and Emotional Support to Urban Sex Workers
Led entirely by women, the American Female Moral Reform Society gave material aid to those in need and pushed for men to be ...
The Long American Tradition of Categorizing Immigrants as Either Good or Bad
In the 19th century, debates about contract workers sorted immigrants into "natural" and "unnatural" categories.
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How an 18th-Century Female Physicist Broke Boundaries and Inspired the Generations Who Followed
Cristina Roccati graduated from the University of Bologna when few other Italian women earned degrees, and she taught physics ...
These women with central Pa. ties contributed to suffrage, temperance, abolitionist movements | Column
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and Agnes Kemp, who fought for equality, left marks on Harrisburg that are still visible today.
'Give me liberty or give me death' turns 250. Here's what it meant in 1775
Malcolm X referenced it in his 1964 “Ballot or the Bullet” speech, demanding equal rights for Black Americans. President ...
Christianity Today6d
The Forgotten Woman Who Preached in Congress
In the 19th-century, Harriet Livermore boldly defended a women’s right to speak in the church and pulpit.
'I didn't know Gaskell - now I write in her house'
Three women have been chosen for the role at Elizabeth Gaskell's House in Manchester precisely because they "didn't know her" ...
Daily News Hungary13d
PHOTOS: The marvellous heritage of the Unitarians, the only Hungarian-founded church
Unitarians are a small Hungarian-founded church present in Hungary and in Transylvania, Romania. Their architectural heritage ...
Mancunian Matters14d
Salford to commemorate forgotten 19th-century burial site
Unitarians across Greater Manchester are set to commemorate a historic graveyard that once offered free burials over 200 ...
Interesting Engineering14d
15 medical inventions of the 1800’s that defined modern medicine
It goes without saying that modern medicine would look very different if it hadn’t been for these 15 medical inventions and discoveries of the 1800s.
National Geographic news17d
The 19th Amendment was a key step for women's rights in the U.S.
Though local suffrage slowly opened to women in many states, suffragists continued their fight for national voting rights through the 19th century. Mocked, jailed, beaten, and force-fed ...
Wales Online23d
19th century former Gower pub proposed to be torn down for nine new homes to be built
The Greyhound Inn dated from the 19th Century and was well-regarded for its real ale and food. The planning committee heard at a meeting in 2018 that the pub generated £1.13 million in 2015.