Life Story: Agathe Saint-Père (1657-ca. 1748)
The life story of a woman born in Quebec who became a successful businesswoman and was labeled a “dangerous woman.”
Life Story: Marie Rouensa (ca. 1677-1725)
The life story of a woman born in Quebec who became a successful businesswoman and was labeled a “dangerous woman.”
Life Story: Teuntje Straatmans (1616-1662)
This is the story of a well-born Dutch woman who became a powerful businessperson in New Netherland.
Scandal in Schenectady
One of New Netherland’s first settlers recounts her earliest memories of life in the colony.
Mohawk Interpreter
One of New Netherland’s first settlers recounts her earliest memories of life in the colony.
Supplemental Materials
Supplemental Materials Art Activities Home Improvements Some U.S. inventors of the Industrial Revolution focused on how to bring the wonders of mechanization into the home to relieve the burdens of daily live. One major advancement was the home washing machine. Washing laundry by hand was extremely labor and time intensive. It was such a hated chore that any woman who could afford it hired someone else to do it for them. The home washing machine cut down on physical labor needed to wash clothing. Instead of individually scrubbing and wringing each piece of clothing by hand, a woman could turn a crank and let the machine do it for her. The home washing machine of the mid-19th century was not perfect. It still required physical labor, and only wealthy women could afford to own
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Supplemental Materials Art Activities American Girl Pleasant Rowland, a former teacher, founded the Pleasant Company in 1986 in Wisconsin and launched the first American Girl dolls that same year. The dolls were initially available only by mail-order catalog. The company earned over 1 million dollars in its first year of operation. The original line of American Girl dolls were historical characters. Each doll was accompanied by a series of books, through which girls could learn about the history of American girlhood, a topic often overlooked in history lessons. The American Girls faced challenges specific to the periods in which their stories were set, but also experienced childhood emotions that felt familiar to late 20th-century readers. The first three dolls, Samantha (1904), Kirsten (1854), and Molly (1944), were white. The company introduced its first doll
Life Story: Sandra Day O’Connor
Life Story: Sandra Day O'Connor Sandra Day O’Connor Being Sworn in a Supreme Court Justice Photograph of Sandra Day O'Connor Being Sworn in a Supreme Court Justice by Chief Justice Warren Burger, Her Husband John O'Connor Looks On, September 25, 1981. Reagan White House Photographs, White House Photographic Collection/National Archives. Sandra Day O’Connor and President Ronald Reagan President Ronald Reagan and His Supreme Court Justice Nominee Sandra Day O’Connor at The White House, July 15, 1981. Reagan White House Photographs, White House Photographic Collection/National Archives. The Four Justices, Nelson Shanks, 2012. Nelson Shanks, The Four Justices, 2012. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Annette P. Cumming
Power Dressing
Power Dressing YSL perfume ad Yves Saint Laurent, Le Rive Gauche perfume ad, 1983. Azzedine Alaïa suit Azzedine Alaïa, black power suit, c. 1985. The Museum at FIT /https://www.fitnyc.edu/museum. Claude Montana suit Claude Montana, pink power suit, c. 1985. The Museum at FIT /https://www.fitnyc.edu/museum. Yves Saint Laurent suit Yves Saint Laurent, satin power suit, 1988. The Museum at FIT /https://www.fitnyc.edu/museum. In the 1970s and 1980s, the participation of middle-class mothers in the labor force increased significantly. While working-class women had always worked, white middle-class women who entered motherhood had been more likely to work part-time or stop working altogether. Colleges and universities removed
Latinas Fighting for Environmental Justice
Latinas Fighting for Environmental Justice Juana Beatríz Gutiérrez and other members of the Mothers of East L.A. at a water conservation press conference Juana Beatríz Gutiérrez and other members of the Mothers of East L.A. at a water conservation press conference, 1992. California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Urban Archives. Lead Tester Kit Lead Tester Kit, 1996. California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Urban Archives. An Invitation for the Women of our Community brochure An Invitation for the Women of our Community brochure. California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Urban Archives. An Invitation for the Women
