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If history was a Hollywood movie, the editing room floor would be littered with the stories of women clipped to make room for men’s stories. We are here to tell those stories.
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Jan 4, 2023
Yep, there was Really Such a Thing as “Prettiest Ankle” Pageants in the early 1900s
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Linda Caroll
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Aug 29, 2022
Beauty Advice From A 1967 Magazine (With Pics)
“Some girls can use nothing but eyeliner, blusher and
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Feb 20, 2022
The Tragic End of America’s First Supermodel
From Hollywood fame to abandoned muse.
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Dec 28, 2021
Ugly Girl Papers; Advice For Women From An 1870s Magazine
“There’s nothing like housework for a good…
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Linda Caroll
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Dec 7, 2021
10 Dumb and Deadly Things Victorian Women Did To Be Prettier
Makeup was for prostitutes, so “good…
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Linda Caroll
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Oct 25, 2021
Natural Beauty Rituals of 7 of the World’s Most Beautiful Women
Astoundingly, some of them really work.
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Sep 3, 2021
Crucial Items the Victorian Woman Required For Her Toilet Table
To look beautiful a woman needed the…
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Kyrie Gray
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Aug 6, 2021
Victorian Women’s Magazines Covered Every Topic a Lady Could Want
Lady’s periodicals reveal a lot about gender roles during the 1800s
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Kyrie Gray
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Jul 27, 2021
5 Horrible Ways Women Tried to Lose Weight Throughout History
A tapeworm a day keeps the fat away
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