A manifesto published by the Women of the Ku Klux Klan.
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A set of three letters between a mother and the federal government that exemplify the tremendous sacrifices Native American parents made in exchange for a formal education for their children.
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Three sources describing and depicting the Jefferson Davis monument in Richmond, Virginia, which includes a statue of Miss Confederacy, a symbolic representation of idealized Southern womanhood.
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A Dutch merchant woman who traveled the world before settling in Flatbush and opening a shop to sell luxury goods.
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This drawing of the Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo shows the setting of Spanish efforts to convert and Europeanize Native populations in Alta California.
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This advertisement about a runaway enslaved woman contains fascinating clues about her life.
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This sampler and chatelaine reveal the skills and responsibilities of upper-class eighteenth-century women.
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Margueritte Wiltz’s petition to marry a Spanish soldier captures the early expressions of white supremacy in Spanish Louisiana.
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This portrait shows how free black women in Spanish Louisiana turned an oppressive law into a celebration of individuality and culture.
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This letter demonstrates that Russian colonial efforts relied on intermarriage between Russian traders and Native women.
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