White Settler Women
Excerpts from a travel journal that illustrate what life was like for the earliest women settlers in the western territories.
Excerpts from a travel journal that illustrate what life was like for the earliest women settlers in the western territories.
Charity and Sylvia were recognized as a married couple in Weybridge and eventually celebrated as models of lifelong companionship.
The story of a leader in science and education.
The story of the woman whose experiences inspired the nation’s first abortion law.
The story of a Black woman preacher of the Second Great Awakening.
A new American folk art is born from an abundance of cotton and the new textile mills.
This object illustrates how women consumers helped boost the new nation’s economy.
Two foreign visitors capture the spirit and culture of the new nation.
An example of the “democratic” portrait style made by one of the Federal period’s most famous silhouette makers.
An excerpt from the first bestseller of the Federal period reveals prevailing attitudes about women’s sexuality.