The story of America’s first self-made Black female millionaire and how she built a beauty empire that celebrated and empowered Black women.
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Objects made by the hands of women to raise consciousness and money for the abolition of slavery.
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These sources illustrate the work women did to support war production in their own homes.
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Sources that illustrate the loyalty oaths Confederate women when their lands were conquered by Union armies.
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Artifacts that illustrate the mourning rituals followed by women during and after the Civil War.
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Three outfits representative of the fashions designed to support women as they engaged in new forms of recreation, including bicycling and exercise classes. A companion art activity accompanies this resource.
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The story of a world-traveling investigative journalist who used her career to shed light on the horrors of urban life and break gender stereotypes.
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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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Dresses demonstrating the influence of mass media on daily life.
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