19th Century Women's History in Pictures
Susan B. Anthony Pictures
Pictures of Susan B. Anthony, woman suffrage pioneer.
Scene from Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Novel
Illustration from a series published 1915, "Famous Women Writers of England."
Clara Barton
Pictures of Clara Barton, nursing history pioneer and founder of the American Red Cross.
Clara Barton Home - National Historic Site
Photo Gallery of pictures of Clara Barton's home in Glen Echo, Maryland, a National Historic Site. It was also the home of the American Red Cross at the end of the 19th century.
Alice Stone Blackwell Pictures
Pictures of Alice Stone Blackwell, feminist and editor.
Portrait of Thora Maria Borch
An image, painted by artist Wilhelm Marstrand, of a woman in the nineteenth century at a typical women's task.
Calamity Jane Pictures
Pictures of Calamity Jane and related images.
Mary Cassatt Picture Gallery
A gallery of pictures of works by Mary Cassatt, woman artist and part of the Impressionist school.
Amelia Earhart Picture Gallery
Pictures of Amelia Earhart, pioneer pilot.
Sarah Emma Edmonds, Civil War Nurse and Spy
Sarah Emma Edmonds disguised herself as a man to fight in the American Civil War. She also worked as a spy and nurse in the war.
Sarah Josepha Hale Pictures
Sarah Josepha Hale: images connected with 19th century writer and editor Sarah Josepha Hale.
Godey's Lady's Book - Women's Fashions, 1860s Style
Selections of women's fashions from Godey's Lady's Book, the most popular pre-Civil War women's magazine in America.
Edmonia Lewis Picture Gallery
Pictures of Edmonia Lewis, 19th century African American woman sculptor, and some of her work.
Ida Lewis
Lighthouse keeper Ida Lewis was once called the bravest woman in America.
Maria Mitchell Picture Gallery
Maria Mitchell picture gallery includes images of Maria Mitchell, her laboratory, and her telescope.
Lucretia Mott Pictures
Pictures of Lucretia Mott, Quaker anti-slavery activist and women's rights activist.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Picture Gallery
Pictures of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, women's rights advocate.
Lucy Stone Pictures
Pictures of Lucy Stone, activist.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Pictures of writer Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Trial and Execution of Mary Surratt - 1865
A picture gallery of images connected with the trial and execution of Mary Surratt, convicted of being a co-conspirator in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. She asserted her innocence.
Sojourner Truth
A collection of images of Sojourner Truth, abolitionist and women's rights advocate of the 19th century.
Harriet Tubman Picture Gallery
Pictures of Harriet Tubman, underground railroad conductor and advocate of human rights.
Elizabeth Van Lew Picture
Elizabeth Van Lew brings food to a Union prisoner.
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Image of a framed lithograph of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
Victoria Woodhull
Images of Victoria Woodhull, 19th century feminist and free love advocate.
African American Women - About 1900
African American women in photographs, about 1899-1900, from an album of photographs collected and compiled by W.E.B. Du Bois.
Civil War Portrait of a Woman
An image of an unidentified woman from the Civil War period, Mathew Brady Studio. About 1860-1865.
Hampton Institute Science Classroom
After the Civil War, many institutions of higher learning were founded to serve freedmen (and women). Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) in Hampton, Virginia, was one of these institutions. This 1899 photograph by photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston shows a co-ed science classroom studying phases of the moon.
Laundry Day - The Washwomen
Have you ever thought you spend more time on laundry than you'd like to be spending?
Royal Weddings
Nineteenth century British royal weddings, beginning with Victoria and Albert, set the standards for royal weddings that continue today.
Victorian Woman
Photo of an anonymous 19th century woman shows dress and hair style of her day.
Woman's Building - World's Columbian Exposition, 1893
A picture of the west entrance to the Woman's Building, part of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago.
Women and Bicycling Picture Gallery
A picture gallery depicting women on bicycles, showing the different costumes considered acceptable in the early days of women's bicycle riding.
Women's Civil War Costumes
Women in Civil War era dresses, at a Civil War reenactment of the Battle of Bull Run, also called First Manassas, August 3-5, 2001.
Women's Suffrage Activists
Pictures of key women who helped to win the vote.