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    The 1890s (pronounced "eighteen-nineties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1890, and ended on December 31, 1899. In American popular culture, the decade would later be nostalgically referred to as the "Gay Nineties" ( Gay as in 'carefree', 'cheerful', or 'bright and showy').

  2. January 1 – In Michigan, the wooden steamer Mackinaw burns in a fire on the Black River. [1] January 2 – Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer in the White House. [2] January 22 – The United Mine Workers is founded. January 25 – Journalist Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.

  3. Aug 1, 2019 · OVERVIEW. The 1890s were a transitional decade from the stiff Victorian Era to a new century. New freedoms and technologies drove an era that became known as the “Gay Nineties.” Womenswear. T he 1890s were a period of change. As the century drew to a close, the world began to move away from the stiff, moralistic, Victorian Era (Laver 211).

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