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1. Rollerskating is Back! Here 's How to Get Started, From Skate Queen Lola Sta: (Living); ... skater); Library of Congress / 2005694682 (1880s rink); Library of Congress / 2018694600 (trade card); Library of Congress / 2017788790 (Savoy Ballroom); Brent Lavelle (Texas Roller Derby League); Christopher ...; Created on 05 May 2021
2. The 100th Anniversary of (Some) Women's Suffrage: Did YOUR state support women's right to vote? Check this state-by-state history of the fight for suffrage in Ameri: (Feminism); ... Fueled largely by the Vermont Equal Suffrage Association (VESA), founded in the early 1880s, the movement sent representatives to the National American Woman Suffrage Association and the Congressional ...; Created on 18 August 2020
3. These Victorian Blues Were Guaranteed To Brighten Up Any 19th Century Room: (Style); ... 1880s Silk Dress. (Met Museum) Shades of blue can also be seen in Victorian dresses made of patterned fabric such as plaids or floral prints. In these cases, blue often acts as the base color. 1850 ...; Created on 02 October 2019
4. This Mother-Daughter Suffragist Duo Almost Got Left Out The Movement's Memor: (Feminism); ... 1880s, in her teens, Mary followed in her mother’s path and enrolled in Philadelphia’s National School of Elocution and Oratory. Graduating in 1884, Mary was poised to begin a career that turned on her ...; Created on 11 September 2019
5. How Victorians Took To The Beach: (Living); ... fashionable silhouette of the 1880s. By the end of the 1880s, seaside costumes were even tighter and narrower than ever. An 1888 edition of the Woman’s World Magazine describes them as “sheath-like seaside ...; Created on 24 July 2019
6. This Designer Mined Her Heritage To Make Modern, Meaningful Clothing: (Style); ... cousin, particularly one of her great-grandmother, Jenny Spillman (pictured), taken in the late 1880s. “She had adorned herself with a bow tie,” says Ware, noting that the bow is a prominent part of her ...; Created on 22 April 2019
7. The Best Historical Fiction To Curl Up With This Winter: (Books); ... out the story of these two women. Then, the story shifts from Anna and Emily to Penelope and Diana, two students who started attending a ladies' college in Oxford during the 1880s. The mystery of what ...; Created on 14 December 2018
8. The Herring Girls Of Barra Were Forgotten Leaders In The Fight For Working Women's Right: (Feminism); ... kists (massive trunks that make you wonder how the heck they got them on and off a train). They are relics of adventure, of freedom, of the first modern, industrial women. From the late 1880s to the ...; Created on 20 November 2018
9. Victorians Wore These Elaborate Costumes To Fancy Dress Balls: (Living); ... in the guise of a “Bedouin sheyk.” There were also assorted Zouaves, Highlanders, and even “a sprightly silken-clad Jester.” By the 1880s the popularity of the fancy dress ball in Brighton was fading. ...; Created on 17 October 2018
10. Victorians Had Standards Of Beauty For The Elbows: (Style); ... 1870s, 1880s, and 1890s, could often have up to fifteen or even twenty buttons. However, even though it was possible to disguise an elbow with a long glove, fashion magazines of the day advised that it ...; Created on 05 September 2018
11. Victorians Removed Unwanted Hair With...Arsenic?: (Style); ... treated many women during the 1870s and 1880s. Some of his patients had fallen into melancholy as a result of their unwanted facial hair. In his case notes, Fox writes of Mrs.—, a thirty-one-year-old mother ...; Created on 13 June 2018
12. The Bloody History Of Menstruation Management: (Living); ... know what to do. 4. Wool sanitary towels: By the 1880s, sanitary towels had started to appear. As always, they were only something for the well-off, but it was a huge step forwards when it came to people ...; Created on 25 May 2018
13. The Strange Role Cats Played In Victorian Fashion: (Style); ... 1887 During the mid-1880s, the silhouette of women’s gowns was characterized by the size and shape of the bustle or “dress improver.” Unlike the more moderate-sized dress improvers of the 1870s, the ...; Created on 06 February 2018
14. In The Victorian Era, Babies Wore (Sometimes Deadly) Veils: (Style); ... harmful pollutants which might mar their delicate skin or injure their eyes. By the 1870s and 1880s, baby veils had become so ubiquitous that sewing books, ladies’ magazines, and even etiquette manuals ...; Created on 03 January 2018
15. How Victorian Women Wore Red: (Living); ... Red Silk Dress (Met Museum) Pale red fabrics contrasted with deep red fabrics could make for a dramatic evening dress or ball gown. As an example, below is stunning silk evening dress from the 1880s. ...; Created on 29 November 2017
16. The Fascinating History Of Periods (Or, How Vaginas Can Destroy The World): (Living); ... either have to think up an ingenious way of getting your rag to stay in place, or just bleed through your clothes. Fun. From the late 1880s, commercially available menstrual pads start to appear, though ...; Created on 22 September 2017
17. Victorian Ladies Lived In Shades Of Blue: (Style); ... 1880s Silk Dress. (Met Museum) Shades of blue can also be seen in Victorian dresses made of patterned fabric such as plaids or floral prints. In these cases, blue often acts as the base color. 1850 ...; Created on 09 August 2017
18. This Artist's Photos Celebrate Drag Queens And Queer Cultur: (Arts); ... by Jeremy Kost More from BUST We Talked Gender And Feminism With "RuPaul's Drag Race" Season 9 Finalists: BUST Interview This Is What A Drag Ball Was Like In The 1880s Half-Drag Portraits By Photographer ...; Created on 29 June 2017
19. Before Millennial Pink, There Was Victorian Yellow: (Style); ... combination was “unbecoming by day.” Conversely, pale shades of yellow, which were handsome in the daytime, became “muddy in appearance by gaslight.” The bold, golden yellow used in the 1880s dress below ...; Created on 06 May 2017
20. The Fascinating History Of The Easter Bunny: (Living); ... bunnies became fashionable. Before the 1880s, however, it was in Germany — not in England or the United States — that children believed in the “Easter hare.” As American author Linda Beard states in her ...; Created on 12 April 2017

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