Housework and Electricity
An illustration that raises questions about the role of women in social reform and outlines the social evils many middle-class citizens feared.
Exercise and Functional Fashion
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.
Patent for Cleaning and Curing Corn
The first patent issued to an English colonist was for a new invention created by Philadelphian inventor Sybilla Masters. The patent was filed under her husband’s name because women could not be legally recognized.
