by Genna Arduini | Apr 24, 2024
Frances Sargent Osgood was a woman with a true talent in poetry. The still portrait “Frances Sargent Osgood”[1] illustrates her uniquely and powerfully. The picture was created by the artist Alonzo Chappel. Chappel was one of the many artists involved in the evolution...
by Pearl Puri | Dec 4, 2023
The Industrial Revolution was a transformative period spanning the late 18th to the 19th century. It brought about profound economic, technological, and social changes. Mechanized production, urbanization, and the emergence of factories characterized this era, driven...
by Marianna Iliadis | Dec 4, 2023
The fight for women’s suffrage was an ongoing struggle throughout American history and came after many years of effort by many different people. The right to vote did not come easy for American women, and this picture illustrates the continual opposition that women...
by Maille McDermott | Apr 30, 2023
The Witchcraft Delusion of 1692 is an unpublished manuscript by Gov. Thomas Hutchinson, providing an account of the infamous Salem witch trials in Massachusetts. Written over a century after the events it describes, it draws on contemporary accounts and eyewitness...
by Abigail Hughes | Apr 28, 2022
This image depicts what a typical “women’s day” looked like at the free-swimming bath located on 5th street in New York City during the 19th century. The image was issued in 1876 and the artist of the image is unknown. The image belongs to the Miriam and Ira D....