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How Victorian Women Were Oppressed Through the Use of Psychiatry
Now streaming on Netflix. According to Carroll Smith-Rosenberg, an author and expert in women’s history in the United States, psychiatrists during the Victorian era—or "alienists" as they were ...
Alexandria Times3d
Out of the Attic: Mid-19th century women’s fashion in Alexandria
Although men were the primary landowners, women often oversaw the property rights of the land during the Civil War in ...
Santa Cruz Sentinel on MSN2d
Capitola museum exhibit ‘Naughty Surf’ highlights history of women’s swimwear
Curator Deborah Osterberg said the exhibit was inspired by a quote that was used in last year's exhibit on the 150th ...
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New public artworks commissioned for Victoria on International Women's Day
A female pioneer for Aboriginal rights will be honoured with a mural in Melbourne as part of a state government push to increase representation of women in public art. The Victorian government has ...