In 1845 Greeley published Fuller's landmark book, "Woman in the Nineteenth Century," which argued for women's equality in all aspects of life. Fuller traveled to Europe in 1846, becoming the first ...

Never mind Hawthorne and Thoreau— the women of mid-19th century New England had their own ambitions for writing and life.

Kelvin Smith Library will join worldwide events, festivals, exhibitions and performances in celebrating the 250th Birthday of Jane Austen, her enduring legacy and her continued impact on literature ..

The “lady detectives” of the stage prepared audiences for the real women who would join police forces and investigative ...

Kelly Marshall Most 19th-century schoolmistresses ... At a time when women had almost no control over legal documents and played a second-class role in literature and the arts, Leah’s ...

Women had to wait another couple of centuries for cookbooks to develop, and they only started to write down recipes they had collected in the 19th century. Such literature was aimed at a female ...