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There’s no way this woman was subservient.
Not quite Joseph’s technicolor dream coat but close–maybe my dream coat, actually. May Palmer by Frederick MacMonnies
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Books I’ve Known And Loved
Victoria Woodhull not only ran for president, but worked on Wall Street and hung out with Cornelius Vanderbilt. Gives the notion that all Victorian women were trapped a run for its money.
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Happy LOVE Week
Poor Katherine McCullough is all dressed up in what her mother thinks best. She never quite fits in, but that’s okay. In a moment Sergeant John Weldon, who’s been admiring her from across the room...
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When Changing Your Man Goes Terribly Wrong
Disappointment sets in when you realize it wasn’t the shabby clothes that creeped you out.
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The Truth Will Set You Free
Thinking deep thoughts and choking on lace. There were heroes back then–before, during and after the Civil War. Some of them were black and some white. They saw color but that didn’t stop them from...
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“A woman means by unselfishness chiefly taking trouble for others; a man...
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Pretty Is As Pretty Does; Kate Chase
Beauty can’t buy love.Courtesy Library of Congress Kate Chase’s mother died when she was five. Her father Salmon P. Chase had the unlucky habit of marrying women who up and died. Kate was named after...
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Entertaining Family This Week At Middlemay. See you all soon . . .
We’ve gathered together . . . now what? Let’s play games! courtesy of 1world1family.me 1 WORLD 1 FAMILY (African American Father and Son Photographers of the 19th Century)
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