- 41. Victorian Girls Took Their Skin Health Seriously, Check Out These DIY Sun Block Recipes
- (Living)
- Victorian women didn’t have our knowledge of ultraviolet rays and SPF, but like us, they had a healthy respect for the damage that too much sun could wreak on their complexions. A fair, unblemished ...
- Created on 03 July 2019
- 42. Here's What It Once Meant To Dress "Like A Woma
- (Style)
- ... also ripe in Victorian England. What we now think of as the a bastion of sexual repression was actually incredibly sex-obsessed (seriously, Victorians LOVED their porn). But, like today, sexuality was ...
- Created on 28 June 2019
- 43. The Power of Popular Fiction For Thomas Cromwell And Wolf Hall
- (Living)
- It is fascinating to see the effect that a popular work of historical fiction can have on revising the public’s beliefs about a traditionally reviled figure like Thomas Cromwell. Of course, one ...
- Created on 26 June 2019
- 44. This Publication Included Everything From The Age of Enlightenment, Except Women Of Course
- (Living)
- ... article originally appeared on MiMiMatthews.com and is reprinted here with permission. More from BUST These Carpet Bags Were Essential For Any Victorian Lady's Travel Literature Meets Litigation: ...
- Created on 17 June 2019
- 45. These Carpet Bags Were Essential For Any Victorian Lady's Trave
- (Living)
- Victorian ladies have a reputation for tight-laced respectability, but not all women of the era were content with home and hearth. Some ladies traveled the world, living their lives in far off lands ...
- Created on 12 June 2019
- 46. Why Female Bootleggers Ruled During The Prohibition
- (General)
- Booze! Who doesn’t love it? Trick question – we all do! But what happens when this universal love suddenly becomes illegal? Well, you drink it anyway…just very craftily. During the prohibition ...
- Created on 31 May 2019
- 47. Sports Illustrated Will Show Their First Model Wearing a Hijab and Burkini
- (Entertainment)
- Halima Aden is the first model wearing a hijab and burkini to appear in Sports Illustrated. Aden was born and raised in a refugee camp in Kenya until the age of 7 when she moved to the United States. ...
- Created on 30 April 2019
- 48. How Millicent Fawcett Fought For Women's Rights To Vot
- (Feminism)
- ... Okay, fine, not entirely wrong, but you would only be seeing about 10% of the picture. Women’s suffrage was a fight that had been going on since the early Victorian period, decades before the suffragettes ...
- Created on 26 April 2019
- 49. These Easter Bonnets Were Must-Haves In The Late 19th Century
- (Style)
- ... as to declare that it was “an accepted fact that every woman who can buy or make a dainty bonnet for Easter-day must wear it.” **Author’s Note: You can read more about the Victorian Easter Bunny HERE. ...
- Created on 16 April 2019
- 50. A Comprehensive History Of Women's Underwea
- (Style)
- ... so medieval ladies wore one long underdress (sexy), which later evolved into slips and petticoats. By the early Victorian era, we started to see “drawers” being worn by women. Queen Victoria was a fan ...
- Created on 12 April 2019
