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In the 19th century, women’s history would have been inconceivable, because “history” was so closely identified with war, diplomacy, and high politics—from all of which women were virtually excluded.
- Women in the 19th Century: Further Reading.
- Women in the 19th Century: Early Feminists.
- Women in the 19th Century: An Overview.
- Women in the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries: Women in Literature.
19th Century Feminist Movements. What has come to be called the first wave of the feminist movement began in the mid 19th century and lasted until the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920, which gave women the right to vote. White middle-class first wave feminists in the 19th century to early 20th century, such as suffragist leaders Elizabeth ...
- Miliann Kang, Donovan Lessard, Laura Heston
- 2017
The women’s rights movement of the late 19th century went on to address the wide range of issues spelled out at the Seneca Falls Convention. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and women like Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, and Sojourner Truth traveled the country lecturing and organizing for the next forty years.
Mar 8, 2014 · She is part of a project which is mapping the occupational structure of Britain from 1379 to 1911. In her presentation, she will explore the ways in which autobiographies can answer the seemingly straightforward question: how did working class women in the 19th century spend their time?
After all, temperance and social purity would absorb huge amounts of women’s energy and resources in the late 19th century, but they did so in causes—the battles to end prostitution and to suppress alcohol—that many now judge to have been futile or positively mistaken.
